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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| 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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| spelling | doaj.art-6bc544cfb0cd44dfb3a1a79643e9ad892025-03-05T10:27:18ZengCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos1626-02522019-06-0110.4000/nuevomundo.75772Artillery, engineering and mathematics: statecraft and the scientific knowledge of military men, from the Bourbons to the creation of the Peruvian State (1770-1840)Natalia Sobrevilla PereaWar 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.https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/75772Bourbon reformsPeruwars of independenceMilitary engineeringscientific knowledgeartillery |
| spellingShingle | Natalia Sobrevilla Perea Artillery, engineering and mathematics: statecraft and the scientific knowledge of military men, from the Bourbons to the creation of the Peruvian State (1770-1840) Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos Bourbon reforms Peru wars of independence Military engineering scientific knowledge artillery |
| 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_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) |
| title_full_unstemmed | 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_sort | artillery engineering and mathematics statecraft and the scientific knowledge of military men from the bourbons to the creation of the peruvian state 1770 1840 |
| topic | Bourbon reforms Peru wars of independence Military engineering scientific knowledge artillery |
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