How was the character of science shaped by the colonial experience? In turn, how might we make sense of how science contributed to colonialism? Saint Domingue (now Haiti) was the world s richest colony in the eighteenth century and home to an active society of science one of only three in the world, at that time. In this deeply researched and pathbreaking study of the colony, James E. McClellan III first raised his incisive questions about the relationship between science and society that historians of the colonial experience are still grappling with today. Long considered rare, the book...
How was the character of science shaped by the colonial experience? In turn, how might we make sense of how science contributed to colonialism? Sai...
