Natural philosophy and the origins of the British Empire, c.1600-c.1700
This thesis is an attempt to bring the history of early modern science to bear upon the intellectual origins of the British Empire. I argue that there is an intellectual tradition of empire which has been overlooked by British Empire scholarship. This is an idea of man’s empire over the natural worl...
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University of Cambridge
2007
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.604954 |