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"Enlightened zeal" : the Hudson's Bay Company and scientific networks, 1670-1870 / Ted Binnema.
LIBRA F1060.7.S35 B55 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Binnema, Ted, 1963- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hudson's Bay Company--History.
- Hudson's Bay Company.
- Hudson's Bay Company--Research--History.
- Science and industry--Northwest, Canadian--History.
- Science and industry.
- Science--Social aspects--Northwest, Canadian.
- Science.
- Science--Social aspects.
- History.
- Research.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 458 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- Science is never just about science, knowledge never just about knowledge. This is especially true of knowledge shared publically. That the public has often viewed science as a disinterested, unselfish, and even altruistic search for truths reflects the fact that scientists and promoters of science have often found it useful, and sometimes imperative, to convince others - and even themselves - that their science at least, is unbiased and apolitical. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction 3
- Part I The Hudson's Bay Company and Science, 1670-1821
- 2 "A Profound Secret": The Adventurers and the Fellows from the 1660s to 1768 47
- 3 "Desirous to Encourage Science": The Transit of Venus of 1769 and the Hudson's Bay Company's Collaboration with the Royal Society, 1768-1774 75
- 4 "Amends for the Narrow Prejudices": The Hudson's Bay Company and Science in an Era of Competitive Expansion, 1774-1821 95
- Part II The Hudson's Bay Company and Science, 1821-1870
- 5 "Benevolent Intentions": The Hudson's Bay Company, the Royal Navy, and the Search for the Northwest Passage, 1818-1855 129
- 6 "The Liberal Spirit": David Douglas, Edinburgh, and the Douglas Legacy, 1823-1870 169
- 7 "Disinterested Kindness": The Hudson's Bay Company and North American-Based Science, 1821-1870 199
- 8 "Knowing the Liberal Disposition": The Hudson's Bay Company and the Smithsonian Institution, 1855-1868 238.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781442646971
- 1442646977
- 9781442614758
- 1442614757
- OCLC:
- 865495467
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