How did early modern England--an island nation on the periphery of world affairs--transform itself into the center of a worldwide empire? Lesley B. Cormack argues that the newly institutionalized stud
Cormack argues that the study of geography played a crucial role in shaping England's imperial ambitions.Cormack demonstrates that geography was part of the Arts curriculum between 1580 and 1620, read
This book argues that we can only understand transformations of nature studies in the Scientific Revolution if we take seriously the interaction between practitioners (those who know by doing) and sch
