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Apr 20 2011

Social dynamics of 18th century academia

Published in Blog, academia by Mirva Peltoniemi | Comment (0)

Frederick V (1723-1766), King of Denmark, financed the first Western expedition to Arabia in 1761-1767. This is what Thorkild Hansen's (1962) account of the project taught me about the social dynamics of the 18th century academia.

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