Cyclones and Earthquakes The Jesuits, Prediction, Trade, and Spanish Dominion in Cuba and Philippines, 1850-1898 |
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| Author:
| Anduaga, Aitor |
| ISBN: | 978-971-550-764-6 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2017 |
| Publisher: | Ateneo de Manila University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $51.00 |
Book Description:
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How is scientific knowledge produced in a colonial context? Furthermore, how is it possible that two colonies such as Cuba and the Philippines could have among the most notable scientific achievements in the history of nineteenth-century Spain? Finally, what happens when these achievements were driven by a religious order like the Society of Jesus? Why and what kinds of interests were at stake? This book is an original, rigorous and well-documented study of how two central fields of...
More DescriptionHow is scientific knowledge produced in a colonial context? Furthermore, how is it possible that two colonies such as Cuba and the Philippines could have among the most notable scientific achievements in the history of nineteenth-century Spain? Finally, what happens when these achievements were driven by a religious order like the Society of Jesus? Why and what kinds of interests were at stake? This book is an original, rigorous and well-documented study of how two central fields of scientific prevention--cyclone prediction and earthquake resistant construction--have their roots in the commercial, military, and educational context of late-nineteenth-century Spanish insular possessions.