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Nature's Government: Science, Imperial Britain and the 'Improvement' of the World Hardcover - 2000
by Richard Drayton
This daring attempt to juxtapose the histories of Britain, western science, and imperialism shows how colonial expansion, from the age of Alexander the Great to the 20th century, led to complex kinds of knowledge.
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- Title Nature's Government: Science, Imperial Britain and the 'Improvement' of the World
- Author Richard Drayton
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Yale University Press, New Haven, Yale University Press, 2000
- Date 2000-08-01
- ISBN 9780300059762 / 0300059760
- Weight 1.51 lbs (0.68 kg)
- Dimensions 9.42 x 6.49 x 1.09 in (23.93 x 16.48 x 2.77 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - History - 19th century, Imperialism - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99059158
- Dewey Decimal Code 325.341
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- Choice, 02/01/2001, Page 1142
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