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French science and overseas expansion in the old regime

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The colonial machine

French science and overseas expansion in the old regime

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Some of the contents: Introduction: The big-picture background to this study / Historiographical background / Metaphors and reality / Utility as the driving force / Expertise, careers, and Wanderlust / Concluding introductory remarks; Prologue / The colonial machine, 1789; Part I - The metropolitan wheels & gears of a colonial scientific bureaucracy: The sponsoring authorities / the royal navy-la marine royale / the Académie royal des sciences / The jardin du roi and metropolitian botanical gardens / The observatoire royal / The Académie royale de marine at Brest / The société royale de médecine / The Académie royale de chirurgie.

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Brepols
Language
English
Pages
694

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Subjects
Science, History, Learned institutions and societies, Colonies, Economic conditions, Sciences, Histoire, Sociétés savantes et instituts, Conditions économiques, Economic history, French colonies, Naturwissenschaften, Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, Kolonie, Kolonier, Historia, Ekonomiska aspekter, Vetenskapshistoria, Akademier, Science, france, France, colonies, France, economic conditions
Places
France, Frankreich
Times
18th century, 18e siècle

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Table of Contents

Introduction: The big-picture background to this study / Historiographical background / Metaphors and reality / Utility as the driving force / Expertise, careers, and Wanderlust / Concluding introductory remarks; Prologue / The colonial machine, 1789; Part I
The metropolitan wheels & gears of a colonial scientific bureaucracy: The sponsoring authorities / the royal navy-la marine royale / the Académie royal des sciences / The jardin du roi and metropolitian botancial gardens / The observatoire royal / The Académie royale de marine at Brest / The société royale de médecine / The Académie royale de chirurgie.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 563-640) and indexes.

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Turnhout
Series
De diversis artibus -- t. 87 (n.s. 50), De diversis artibus -- t. 87.
Copyright Date
2011

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Dewey Decimal Class
509
Library of Congress
Q127.F8 M335 2011, DC33.4.M3 2011

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694 pages
Number of pages
694

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OL39201021M
ISBN 10
2503532608
ISBN 13
9782503532608
OCLC/WorldCat
642214241

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