Wireless and Empire

Wireless and Empire

Author: Aitor Anduaga EgaƱa

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2009-02-19

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 0199562725

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Although the product of consensus politics, the British Empire was based on communications supremacy and the knowledge of the atmosphere. Focusing on science, industry, government, the military, and education, this book studies the relationship between wireless and Empire throughout the interwar period.


Domesticity in the Making of Modern Science

Domesticity in the Making of Modern Science

Author: Donald L. Opitz

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-01-26

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1137492732

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The history of the modern sciences has long overlooked the significance of domesticity as a physical, social, and symbolic force in the shaping of knowledge production. This book provides a welcome reorientation to our understanding of the making of the modern sciences globally by emphasizing the centrality of domesticity in diverse scientific enterprises.