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Osiris, Volume 25

Expertise: Practical Knowledge and the Early Modern State

Eric H Ash editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The University of Chicago Press

Published:19th Oct '10

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Osiris, Volume 25 cover

This newest annual edition of "Osiris" brings together a variety of scholars to consider a topic of increasing interest in the history of science: expertise. Focusing specifically on the role expertise has played in the support, legitimation, and growth of the state since early modern times, "Expertise and the Early Modern State" reveals how scientific expertise and practical knowledge were crucial to the construction of early modern empires and economies. The state, on the other hand, performed a similar function for scientists, giving them much of the status and resources they needed to further their work. A penetrating, multifaceted investigation, this volume will be required reading for historians of science and early modern political development.

ISBN: 9780226029399

Dimensions: 26mm x 18mm x 2mm

Weight: 454g

350 pages