The Floracrats

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The Floracrats

The Floracrats written by Andrew Goss and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-01 with History categories.

Situated along the line that divides the rich ecologies of Asia and Australia, the Indonesian archipelago is a hotbed for scientific exploration, and scientists from around the world have made key discoveries there. But why do the names of Indonesia’s own scientists rarely appear in the annals of scientific history? In The Floracrats Andrew Goss examines the professional lives of Indonesian naturalists and biologists, to show what happens to science when a powerful state becomes its greatest, and indeed only, patron. With only one purse to pay for research, Indonesia’s scientists followed a state agenda focused mainly on exploiting the country’s most valuable natural resources—above all its major export crops: quinine, sugar, coffee, tea, rubber, and indigo. The result was a class of botanic bureaucrats that Goss dubs the “floracrats.” Drawing on archives and oral histories, he shows how these scientists strove for the Enlightenment ideal of objective, universal, and useful knowledge, even as they betrayed that ideal by failing to share scientific knowledge with the general public. With each chapter, Goss details the phases of power and the personalities in Indonesia that have struggled with this dilemma, from the early colonial era, through independence, to the modern Indonesian state. Goss shows just how limiting dependence on an all-powerful state can be for a scientific community, no matter how idealistic its individual scientists may be.

The Floracrats

The Floracrats written by Andrew Goss (Ph. D.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Authority categories.

The Floracrats

The Floracrats written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Botany, Economic categories.

Directory Of History Departments Historical Organizations And Historians

Directory Of History Departments Historical Organizations And Historians written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Historians categories.

Annual Report Of The American Historical Association

Annual Report Of The American Historical Association written by American Historical Association and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Historiography categories.

Iptek Dan Masyarakat

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On agriculture innovations in Indonesia.

Sts Di Indonesia

Sts Di Indonesia written by Soewarsono and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Science categories.

On social aspects and technology innovation of science in Indonesia.

Directory Of History Departments And Organizations In The United States And Canada

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written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Asia categories.