The alchemy of empire : abject materials and the technologies of colonialism /
"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 empl...
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2016
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