A study of German scientists who travelled to other nations' empires to observe, record, and collect rich materials that shaped European views of the East. This lavishly illustrated book provides a gripping account of trans-cultural overseas exploration, colonial science, and Anglo-German cooperation and conflicts in the nineteenth century.
A study of German scientists who travelled to other nations' empires to observe, record, and collect rich materials that shaped European views of the East. This lavishly illustrated book provides a gripping account of trans-cultural overseas exploration, colonial science, and Anglo-German cooperation and conflicts in the nineteenth century.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Moritz von Brescius, Ph.D., is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Bern and Fellow of the Munich Centre for Global History, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: empires of opportunity 1. Entering the company service: Anglo-German networks and the Schlagintweit mission to Asia 2. Imperial recruitment and transnational science in India 3. An ingenious management of patronage communities 4. Making science in the field: a Eurasian expedition on the move 5. The inner life of a 'European' expedition: cultural encounters and multiple hierarchies 6. Contested exploration and the Indian Rebellion: the fateful year 1857 7. The Schlagintweit collections, India museums, and the tensions of German museology 8. Asymmetric reputations: memories of exploration and German colonial enterprise Conclusion.
Introduction: empires of opportunity 1. Entering the company service: Anglo-German networks and the Schlagintweit mission to Asia 2. Imperial recruitment and transnational science in India 3. An ingenious management of patronage communities 4. Making science in the field: a Eurasian expedition on the move 5. The inner life of a 'European' expedition: cultural encounters and multiple hierarchies 6. Contested exploration and the Indian Rebellion: the fateful year 1857 7. The Schlagintweit collections, India museums, and the tensions of German museology 8. Asymmetric reputations: memories of exploration and German colonial enterprise Conclusion.
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