Article ID: CBB001551588

Bitter Fruits of Accumulation: The Case of Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1773--1854) (2014)

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Weber, Andreas (Author)


History of Science
Volume: 52, no. 3
Issue: 3
Pages: 297-318


Publication Date: 2014
Edition Details: Part of a series: Accumulation and Management in Global Historical Perspective
Language: English

This essay analyses the career of the German chemist and government functionary Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1773--1854) through the layered lens of governance and management. By conceptualizing governance as the historical result of the interaction between locally situated accumulation and management projects and the `metropolitan' assessment of their value, it uses Reinwardt's experiences to shed fresh light on the idiosyncrasies through which Europe and Southeast Asia were linked in the early nineteenth century. The discussion of three closely related episodes (the management of the botanical garden at Buitenzorg, the complexity of inquiries in the field and the failure of Reinwardt's publication projects) exemplifies this point. Taken together, the essay problematizes simple center-periphery relationships by demonstrating that such global connections be understood through a comparison between `metropolitan' and `colonial' science. Rather it demonstrates the insights drawn from employing a framework that unites narratives of `imperial' and `metropolitan' histories of accumulation, and brings them under one analytical umbrella.

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Authors & Contributors
Emma Prevignano
Consolati, Isabella
Aslanian, Sebouh David
Warde, Paul
Wakefield, R. André
Wakefield, André
Concepts
Science and politics
Science and government
Imperialism
Science and society
Chemistry
Colonialism
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
17th century
Enlightenment
20th century, early
Places
Europe
Germany
South Africa
Southeast Asia
India
Indian Ocean
Institutions
League of Nations
United Nations
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