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100	1		_aSudan, Rajani.
245	1	4	_aThe alchemy of empire _h[electronic resource] : _babject materials and the technologies of colonialism / _cRajani Sudan.
260			_aNew York : _bFordham University Press, _c2016. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (1 online resource.)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Mud, Mortar, and Empire -- 1. The Alchemy of Empire -- 2. Mortar and the Making of Madras -- 3. Ice and the Production of British Climate -- 4. Inoculation and the Limits of British Imperialism -- 5. "Plaisters," Paper, and the Labor of Letters -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		7	_aHISTORY / Social History. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. _2bisacsh
650		0	_aImperialism _xHistory _y18th century.
650		0	_aTechnology in literature.
650		0	_aEnlightenment.
650		0	_aTechnology transfer _xHistory _y18th century.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xColonies _xHistory _y18th century.
651		0	_aEurope _xCivilization _xOriental influences _xHistory _y18th century.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aSudan, Rajani. _tAlchemy of empire _dNew York : Fordham University Press, 2016 _z9780823270675 _w(DLC) 2015042059
710	2		_aProject Muse.
830		0	_aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/45450/
945			_aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Complete
945			_aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Literature
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