Artillery, engineering and mathematics: statecraft and the scientific knowledge of military men, from the Bourbons to the creation of the Peruvian State (1770-1840)

War and preparation for it have often been drivers of technological development. This article explores the intersection between science and government, and how, in the final decades of the colonial period, engineers trained in military academies in the peninsula played a crucial role in the creation...

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Autor principal:	Natalia Sobrevilla Perea
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Lenguaje:	EN FR PT
Publicado:	Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2019
Materias:	Military engineering scientific knowledge Bourbon reforms artillery Peru wars of independence Anthropology GN1-890 Latin America. Spanish America F1201-3799
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:957663dbd37f433eb9902865ab0244522021-12-02T10:34:59ZArtillery, engineering and mathematics: statecraft and the scientific knowledge of military men, from the Bourbons to the creation of the Peruvian State (1770-1840)1626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.75772https://doaj.org/article/957663dbd37f433eb9902865ab0244522019-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/75772https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252War and preparation for it have often been drivers of technological development. This article explores the intersection between science and government, and how, in the final decades of the colonial period, engineers trained in military academies in the peninsula played a crucial role in the creation and dissemination of knowledge in Peru. It then focuses on how the scientific knowledge of the military was used during the wars of independence and it concludes by discussing how the newly established independent republics sought to emulate their Bourbon predecessors in their use of science and technology, but found it difficult because they had very little access to trained personnel.Natalia Sobrevilla PereaCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsarticleMilitary engineeringscientific knowledgeBourbon reformsartilleryPeruwars of independenceAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2019)
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description	War and preparation for it have often been drivers of technological development. This article explores the intersection between science and government, and how, in the final decades of the colonial period, engineers trained in military academies in the peninsula played a crucial role in the creation and dissemination of knowledge in Peru. It then focuses on how the scientific knowledge of the military was used during the wars of independence and it concludes by discussing how the newly established independent republics sought to emulate their Bourbon predecessors in their use of science and technology, but found it difficult because they had very little access to trained personnel.
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title	Artillery, engineering and mathematics: statecraft and the scientific knowledge of military men, from the Bourbons to the creation of the Peruvian State (1770-1840)
title_short	Artillery, engineering and mathematics: statecraft and the scientific knowledge of military men, from the Bourbons to the creation of the Peruvian State (1770-1840)
title_full	Artillery, engineering and mathematics: statecraft and the scientific knowledge of military men, from the Bourbons to the creation of the Peruvian State (1770-1840)
title_fullStr	Artillery, engineering and mathematics: statecraft and the scientific knowledge of military men, from the Bourbons to the creation of the Peruvian State (1770-1840)
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Artillery, engineering and mathematics: statecraft and the scientific knowledge of military men, from the Bourbons to the creation of the Peruvian State (1770-1840)

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