The Floracrats: State-Sponsored Science and the Failure of the Enlightenment in Indonesia (2011)
Goss, Andrew M. (Author)
University of Wisconsin Press
Physical Details: xvi + 256 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English
Description Examines the professional lives of Indonesian naturalists and biologists and the results of patronage of science by a powerful state.
Review Kumar, Prakash (2013) Review of "The Floracrats: State-Sponsored Science and the Failure of the Enlightenment in Indonesia". Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science (p. 61).
Review Aso, Mitch (2012) Review of "The Floracrats: State-Sponsored Science and the Failure of the Enlightenment in Indonesia". Technology and Culture (p. 223).
Review Theunissen, Bert (2012) Review of "The Floracrats: State-Sponsored Science and the Failure of the Enlightenment in Indonesia". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 190).
Review Elson, R. E. (2011) Review of "The Floracrats: State-Sponsored Science and the Failure of the Enlightenment in Indonesia". American Historical Review (pp. 1469-1469).
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