Hugh Cagle (University of Utah)

Assembling the Tropics

Science and Medicine in Portugal's Empire, 1450-1700

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book charts the convergence of science, culture, and politics across Portugal's empire, showing how a global geographical concept was born. In accessible, narrative prose, this book explores the unexpected forms that science took in the early modern world. It highlights little-known linkages between Asia and the Atlantic world.

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Produktdetails

• Studies in Comparative World History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 156mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 678g
• ISBN-13: 9781107196636
• ISBN-10: 1107196639
• Artikelnr.: 52530759

Autorenporträt

Hugh Cagle is Assistant Professor of the History of Science at the University of Utah, where he is also Director of the International Studies program.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Reading between the lines: a prologue
Part I. The Coast of Africa, 1450-1550: 2. Dead reckonings
Part II. The Indian Ocean World, 1500-1600: 3. Itineraries and inventories
4. Drug traffic
5. Facts and fictions
Part III. The Portuguese Atlantic, 1550-1700: 6. Moral hazards
7. Split decisions
8. Fault lines
9. Epilogue: South-South exchanges.