Trading zones in a colony: Transcultural techniques at missionary stations in the Dutch East Indies, 1860 – 1940
Global histories of technology tend to tell one-sided stories of transfer and exploitation, and they usually analyze the activities of large corporations, nation states or the military. By focusing on missionary societies in the colonial era, this article tells a different story. On the basis of primary sources from German missionaries in the Dutch East Indies, it shows how the application of various techniques at missionary stations was the outcome of transcultural interaction. Although missionaries brought with them tools and materials from home, they remained dependent on the knowledge and... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Social Studies of Science ; volume 50, issue 6, page 932-955 ; ISSN 0306-3127 1460-3659 |
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SAGE Publications
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Schlagwörter: | History and Philosophy of Science / General Social Sciences / History |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26669705 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306312720925913 |