Zambesi

David Livingstone and Expeditionary Science in Africa

Lawrence Dritsas (University of Edinburgh, UK)

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Bloomsbury Academic
23 July 2020

Expeditions

Series: Tauris Historical Geographical Series

"""Zambesi"" tells the story of David Livingstone's Zambesi Expedition. It exposes the rivalry among some of Victorian Britain's leading establishment figures and institutions - including the Foreign Office, the Royal Society, Royal Geographical Society, British Museum, Kew Gardens and the Admiralty - as abolitionists, scientists, and entrepreneurs sought to promote and protect their differing interests. Making use of letters, documents and materials neglected by previous writers and researchers, the author reveals how tensions arose from the very beginning between those in pursuit of knowledge for its own sake and the proponents of the civilizing missions who saw scientific knowledge as the utilitarian means to a social end. The result is an exciting story involving one of England's most feted Victorian heroes that offers important new insights in the practice and politics of expeditionary science in Victorian England. This is the definitive account of the expedition to date."

By: Lawrence Dritsas (University of Edinburgh UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9781350170780
ISBN 10: 135017078X
Series: Tauris Historical Geographical Series
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 23 July 2020
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations – ix Acknowledgements – xi 1. People and Place – 1 2. ‘Dr Livingstone I Presume?’: Writing about the Zambesi Expedition – 23 3. ‘No Longer Unaided and Alone’: the Formation of the Zambesi Expedition – 45 4. Technologies of Expedition – 82 5. Fieldwork as Practice: Informants, Collection and Moving Knowledge – 110 6. The Expedition at Home: African Nture in the Scientific Metropolis – 143 7. Conclusion – 183 Appendix A – 193 Appendix B – 199 Glossary of Abbreviations – 203 Notes – 205 Bibliography – 225 Index - 239

Lawrence Dritsas is a Fellow with the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. He has a long-standing interest in the history of scientific expeditions and especially in the exploration of Africa.

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Zambesi

David Livingstone and Expeditionary Science in Africa

Lawrence Dritsas (University of Edinburgh, UK)

$66.99

Paperback

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