In the nineteenth century, an ambitious new library and museum for Asian arts, sciences and natural history was established in the City of London, within the corporate headquarters of the East India Company. Funded with taxes from British India and run by the East India Company, this library-museum...

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1. Verfasser:	Ratcliff, Jessica (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, N.Y. Cambridge University Press 2025
Schriftenreihe:	Science in history (Cambridge University Press)
Schlagworte:	East India Company / Library / History East India Company / Museum / History Science / Great Britain / History / 19th century
Online-Zugang:	DE-12 DE-473 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	In the nineteenth century, an ambitious new library and museum for Asian arts, sciences and natural history was established in the City of London, within the corporate headquarters of the East India Company. Funded with taxes from British India and run by the East India Company, this library-museum was located thousands of miles away from the taxpayers who supported it and the land from which it grew. Jessica Ratcliff documents how the growth of science at the Company depended upon its sweeping monopoly privileges and its ability to act as a sovereign state in British India. She explores how 'Company science' became part of the cultural fabric of science in Britain and examines how it fed into Britain's dominance of science production within its empire, as well as Britain's rising preeminence on the scientific world stage. This title is part of the Flip it Open program and may also be available open access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Jan 2025) Part one: The making of company science, 1600-1813 -- Chapter one: Science under the company before company science -- A mathematical lecturer for the city of London -- Science and the company before collecting and the internal free trade -- Chapter two: The roots of company science in Asia -- Tipu Sultan's Plunder -- Disaster orientalism and private accumulation -- The sciences of the permanent settlement -- Chapter three: The pull of company science to London -- The Tigers of Leadenhall Street -- Incorporating the Nabobs -- The New Library-Museum at India House -- The company's British colleges -- Part two: From company science to public science, 1813-58 -- Chapter four: Patterns of accumulation -- Alexander Von Humboldt's rejection -- Territorial expansion and post-war surveys -- The charter of 1813: Company science in defense of the monopoly -- Missions and subterfuge -- Rangoon relics for a racquet-ball court -- Chapter five: Systematic possession -- James Mill's man in the closet -- Philosophical histories -- Philosophical natural histories -- Monopolies and networks -- Chapter six: Becoming national -- A radical pearl merchant's demand -- The charter of 1833: The lLibrary-museum in the era of reform -- How to break a knowledge monopoly -- Fossils in the old pay office -- Chapter seven: The commercializing mission -- Margaret Tytler's model India -- The library-museum and company science in British India after the science of trade and industry -- From the great exhibition to the great rebellion -- Conclusion -- A Thames Mahal
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xii, 292 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781009379526
DOI:	10.1017/9781009379526