Missionary scientists Jesuit science in Spanish South America, 1570-1810 / Andrés I. Prieto.

Author/creator Prieto, Andrés I.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNashville : Vanderbilt University Press,
Descriptionx, 287 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from UPCC Books History 2010 Subject Collection
Subjects
Jesuits--South America. --History.
Jesuits--Missions. --South America. --History.
Jesuits--South America. --Intellectual life.
Natural history--South America. --History.
Religion and science--South America. --History.
Peru (Viceroyalty)--History.

Contents Introduction : science and the Jesuit ways of proceeding -- Jesuit struggles in Peru -- Confessing the power to heal -- Christianizing demonic knowledge -- Science and expansion -- Astronomy between Chiloe, Lima and Rome -- The two faces of Acosta's Historia natural y moral -- The irreducible difference of America -- Local nature, local knowledge -- Epilogue : the Jesuit and the armchair philosopher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 259-274) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010020349
ISBN9780826517449 (cloth edition : alk. paper)