The Routledge Handbook of Science and Empire introduces readers to
important new research in the field of science and empire. This
compilation of inquiry into the inextricably intertwined history of
science and empire reframes the field, showing that one could not have
grown without the other.
The volume expands the history of science through careful attention to
connections, exchanges, and networks beyond the scientific institutions
of Europe and the United States. These 27 original essays by established
scholars and new talent examine: scientific and imperial disciplines,
networks of science, scientific practice within empires, and decolonised
science. The chapters cover a wide range of disciplines, from
anthropology and psychiatry to biology and geology. There is global
coverage, with essays about China, Southeast Asia, the Pacific,
Australia and New Zealand, India, the Middle East, Russia, the Arctic,
and North and South America. Specialised essays cover Jesuit science,
natural history collecting, energy systems, and science in UNESCO.
With authoritative chapters by leading scholars, this is a guiding
resource for all scholars of empire and science. Free of jargon and with
clearly written essays, the handbook is a valuable path to further
inquiry for any student of the history of science and empire.
