Vlahakis, George N. <br/><br/>
Imperialism and science :  social impact and interaction / 
George N. Vlahakis ; Isabel Maria Malaquias ; Nathan M. Brooks ; Francois Regourd ; Feza Gunergun -- Davide Wright. 
 - California :  ABC-CLIO,  2006. 
 - xiii, 384 p. :  ill.  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographic references and index. 
<br/><br/>The British Empire and the development of science in its colonies --<br/>French science overseas --<br/>The development of science in Portugal and colonial Latin America (Brazil) --<br/>Science in the Ottoman world --<br/>Against an empire : science in southeastern Europe during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries --<br/>The birth of an empire : science in the United States during the nineteenth century --<br/>The science of a lost empire and its internal colonies : the case of Russia --<br/>The transmission of western chemistry into China, 1840-1900. 
<br/><br/> A unique resource that synthesizes existing primary and secondary sources to provide a fascinating introduction to the development and dissemination of science within history's great empires, as well as the complex interaction between imperialism and scientific progress over two centuries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781851096732 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Science -- social aspects -- history -- 19th century. Imperialism and science. Science and state -- history -- 19th century. Science -- social aspects. 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label> / 306.45 VLA