Globalizing the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine

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“Globalizing the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine is a timely and innovative volume that connects countries from Argentina to China and fields from botany to telecommunications. Readers will learn about the fascinating and often unexpected actors that have made modern knowledge and thus the modern world, including missionaries, machinists and orientalists. Every chapter edited by Slotten and Spencer is filled with rich and surprising insights.”
—Jörg Matthias Determann, Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar
This edited volume examines recent trends towards more global and transnational research within the field of the history of science, technology, and medicine. It focuses on three major themes which are especially important to this shift in perspective: firstly, the analysis of local/global relationships; secondly, the back-and-forth movement across borders involving encounters and exchanges; and thirdly, the significance of historical actors who played a crucial role as go-betweens—especially between Europe and other regions of the world. Distinct in its breadth, this volume offers insights into a range of topics drawn from the history of science, technology, and medicine from approximately 1760 to the present.   Hugh Richard Slotten is Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. He is a historian of science, technology, and medicine.
Hamish G. Spencer is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Zoology at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. He is a geneticist interested in the history of eugenics, genetics and evolutionary biology. He has also written about the laws and attitudes surrounding cousin marriage.

This edited volume examines recent trends towards more global and transnational research within the field of the history of science, technology, and medicine. It focuses on three major themes which are especially important to this shift in perspective: firstly, the analysis of local/global relationships; secondly, the back-and-forth movement across borders involving encounters and exchanges; and thirdly, the significance of historical actors who played a crucial role as go-betweens—especially between Europe and other regions of the world. Distinct in its breadth, this volume offers insights into a range of topics drawn from the history of science, technology, and medicine from approximately 1760 to the present.

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