Cyclones & Earthquakes: The Jesuits, Prediction, Trade, & Spanish Dominion in Cuba & the Philippines, 1850-1898

How was scientific knowledge produced in a colonial context? Furthermore, how was it possible that two colonies such as Cuba and the Philippines could have among the most notable scientific achievements in the history of nineteenth-century Spain? And what happened when these achievements were driven by a religious order like the Society of Jesus? Drawing on a wide variety of archival sources and primary literature, Cyclones and Earthquakes answers these questions, and shows how the Spanish Jesuits and military engineers sent to the Philippines became active participants in the development of meteorology and the earth sciences. It is an original, rigorous, and well-documented study of how two central fields of scientific prevention have their roots in the commercial, military, and educational context of late-nineteenth century Spanish insular possessions.

Imprint: Ateneo de Manila University Press
Edition: 1
Language: English
Number of Pages: 375
Subject: Asia / Southeast Asia
Copyright Year: 2017

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