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Cyclones and Earthquakes: The Jesuits, Prediction, Trade, and Spanish Dominion in Cuba and Philippin
by Cyclones and Earthquakes: The Jesuits, Prediction, Trade, and Spanish Dominion in Cuba and Philippines, 1850-1898
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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 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.
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- Ateneo De Manila Univ Pre Brand
- Dec 31, 2017 Pub Date:
- 9715507646 ISBN-10:
- 9789715507646 ISBN-13:
- English Language
- 374.0 pages Paperback
- 9 in * 1 in * 6 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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