Venomous Encounters

Snakes, Vivisection and Scientific Medicine in Colonial Australia

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Gebonden, 216 blz. | EN
Manchester University Press | e druk, 2017
ISBN13: 9781526101440
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Manchester University Press e druk, 2017 9781526101440
Onderdeel van serie Studies in Imperialism
Verwachte levertijd ongeveer 16 werkdagen

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Presents a radically new view of the role of science and scientific methodology in the colonies. It explores the role of snakes, snakebite and snake venom in the emerging science of nineteenth-century Australia and India, the neglected significance of inter-colony exchanges and conflicts and the importance of vivisection to science. -- .

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ISBN13:9781526101440
Taal:EN
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:216

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