German Science in the Age of Empire: Enterprise, Opportunity and the Schlagintweit Brothers

ISBN-13: 9781108427326 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 428 str.

Moritz Von Brescius

Opis

A path-breaking study of national, imperial and indigenous interests at stake in a controversial German expedition to British India.

Recenzje

'The scandals around the Schlagintweit brothers make for entertaining reading. More importantly, they illustrate the various strategies aspiring nineteenth-century scientists used to attract funding for their research and publications …' Hans Pols, Isis

Spis treści

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.