Drawing on extensive new research, and bringing much new scholarship before English readers for the first time, this wide-ranging volume examines how knowledge was created and circulated throughout the Dutch Empire, and how these processes compared with those of the Imperial Britain, Spain, and Russia.
P. Boomgaard
Britain British India empire enlightenment Europe Russia Spain
"Empire and Science in the Making is a complete, nuanced, and honest assessment of the Dutch colonial science in early 19th century" - Lien Socio