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PublisherFordham University Press

ISBN-100823270688

ISBN-139780823270682

eBay Product ID (ePID)219720990

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Book TitleAlchemy of Empire : Abject Materials and the Technologies of Colonialism

Number of Pages232 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCivilization, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Modern / 18th Century, Social Aspects, Imperialism, Social History, General, Europe / Great Britain / General

Publication Year2016

GenreLiterary Criticism, Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Science, History

AuthorRajani Sudan

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight11.4 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6 in

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LCCN2015-042059

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"An intriguing book that brings together an array of literary and non-literary texts dealing with eighteenth-century British response to South Asian techne. Sudan is a significant voice in global eighteenth-century studies as well as a leading critic of Anglo-Indian Relations."--Robert Markley, University of Illinois, "An intriguing book that brings together an array of literary and non-literary texts dealing with eighteenth-century British response to South Asian techne. Sudan is a significant voice in global eighteenth-century studies as well as a leading critic of Anglo-Indian Relations." --Robert Markley, University of Illinois, Rajani Sudan's The Alchemy of Empire captivates the reader due to its approach to material geographies of imperial technology that shows a shift from the translocation of unfamiliar base matters and the transfer of foreign techne and knowledge to the stabilisation of (imperial) knowledge via ideologies of immobile geographies., "An intriguing book that brings together an array of literary and non-literary texts dealing with eighteenth-century British response to South Asian techne. Sudan is a significant voice in global eighteenth-century studies as well as a leading critic of Anglo-Indian Relations."-Robert Markley, University of Illinois, "An intriguing book that brings together an array of literary and non-literary texts dealing with eighteenth-century British response to South Asian techne. Sudan is a significant voice in global eighteenth-century studies as well as a leading critic of Anglo-Indian Relations." -----Robert Markley, University of Illinois

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal338.9/26

SynopsisNamed 'Top 6' South Asia studies publications of 2016 by the British Association for South Asian Studies The Alchemy of Empire unravels the non-European origins of Enlightenment science. Focusing on the abject materials of empire-building, this study traces the genealogies of substances like mud, mortar, ice, and paper, as well as forms of knowledge like inoculation. Showing how East India Company employees deployed the paradigm of alchemy in order to make sense of the new worlds they confronted, Rajani Sudan argues that the Enlightenment was born largely out of Europe's (and Britain's) sense of insecurity and inferiority in the early modern world. Plumbing the depths of the imperial archive, Sudan uncovers the history of the British Enlightenment in the literary artifacts of the long eighteenth century, from the correspondence of the East India Company and the papers of the Royal Society to the poetry of Alexander Pope and the novels of Jane Austen., The Alchemy of Empire unravels the non-European origins of Enlightenment science. Focusing on the abject materials of empire-building, this study traces the genealogies of substances like mud, mortar, ice, and paper, and forms of knowledge like inoculation, arguing that East India Company employees deployed the paradigm of alchemy in order to make sense of the new worlds they confronted.

LC Classification NumberT174.3.S79 2016