Enlightened Zeal : The Hudson's Bay Company and Scientific Networks, 1670-1870 /

Enlightened Zeal : The Hudson's Bay Company and Scientific Networks, 1670-1870 / Theodore Binnema.

Enlightened Zeal examines the fascinating history of the Hudson's Bay Company's involvement in scientific networks during the company's two-hundred year chartered monopoly. Working from the company's voluminous records, Ted Binnema demonstrates the significance of science in the...

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author: Binnema, Theodore (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Science and industry > Northwest, Canadian > History.
Science > Social aspects > Northwest, Canadian.
Science and industry.
Science > Social aspects.
Canada > Canadian Northwest.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • PART I. The Hudson's Bay Company and Science, 1670-1821
  • 2. "A Profound Secret": The Adventurers and the Fellows from the 1660s to 1768
  • 3. "Desirous to Encourage Science": The Transit of Venus of 1769 and the Hudson's Bay Company's Collaboration with the Royal Society, 1768-1774
  • 4. "Amends for the Narrow Prejudices": The Hudson's Bay Company and Science in an Era of Competitive Expansion, 1774-1821
  • PART II. The Hudson's Bay Company and Science, 1821-1870
  • 5. "Benevolent Intentions": The Hudson's Bay Company, the Royal Navy, and the Search for the Northwest Passage, 1818-1855
  • 6. "The Liberal Spirit": David Douglas, Edinburgh, and the Douglas Legacy, 1823-1870
  • 7. "Disinterested Kindness": The Hudson's Bay Company and North American-Based Science, 1821-1870
  • 8. "Knowing the Liberal Disposition": The Hudson's Bay Company and the Smithsonian Institution, 1855-1868
  • Epilogue
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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