Overview

This is a book about the tensions and entangled interactions between internationalism and nationalism, and about the effects both had on European scientific and cultural settings from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. From chemistry to philology the essays tackle different historical case studies exploring how the paths taken by science and culture during the period were affected by nationalism and internationalism.

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Author:   Cláudia Ninhos (New University of Lisbon, Portugal) ,  Fernando Clara (New University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138744578

ISBN 10:   1138744573
Pages:   186
Publication Date:   10 October 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"1. (Inter)Nationalism, science and culture: Disruptions and entanglements from the mid–nineteenth to the mid–twentieth century. An introduction, Fernando Clara and Cláudia Ninhos 2. The politics of interwar chemistry. Neutrality and nationalism in the rhetoric and actions of internationalist chemists, Jorrit Smit 3. ""Mon Cher Ami"": Curators, archaeological museums and the formation of an international knowledge transfer network, Jason R. Young 4. The nineteenth century Leipzig book industry and the pan–European trade of foreign–language editions before copyright law, Alberto Gabriele 5. Non–state engineers in the making of a stateless nation: Techno–nationalism in Catalonia (Spain), 1929–1939, Jaume Valentines–Álvarez 6. Conflicting influences in António Câmara’s making of the National Agronomic Station, João P. R. Joaquim 7. The nationalization of the Portuguese landscape: Landscape architecture, road engineering and the making of the Estado Novo dictatorship, Cláudia Ninhos and Luísa Sousa 8. Ethnography and the construction of Jewish identity, Olga Osadtschy 9. Relocating knowledge: From international science to national philology, Fernando Clara"

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Cláudia Ninhos is Researcher at the New University of Lisbon, Portugal. Fernando Clara is Professor of German Culture at the New University of Lisbon, Portugal.

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