Description
This book charts the convergence of science, culture, and politics across Portugal's empire, showing how a global geographical concept was born.
About the Author
Hugh Cagle is Assistant Professor of the History of Science at the University of Utah, where he is also Director of the International Studies program.
Reviews
'Assembling the Tropics is a powerful, passionate, and beautifully realized piece of scholarship. It makes an exceptionally important intervention by at long last placing Portugal and the Lusophone world where they belong - right at the heart of early modern global science and medicine.' James Delbourgo, Rutgers University, New Jersey
'Assembling the Tropics provides a richly empirical and compellingly dynamic perspective on medicine and natural history across the early modern Portuguese empire. Mobilizing case studies from Africa, India, and Brazil, Cagle shows how diverse cultures of natural inquiry in metropolitan Lisbon and its colonies fitfully converged on a coherent vision of the tropics.' Florence C. Hsia, University of Wisconsin, Madison
'... wide-ranging, richly researched and closely reasoned ... Assembling the Tropics builds upon the extensive secondary literature that has grown up around the early Portuguese empire in recent decades...' David Arnold, Social History of Medicine
Book Information
ISBN 9781107196636
Author Hugh Cagle
Format Hardback
Page Count 382
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 680g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 156mm * 26mm