The Botany of Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century |
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| Editor:
| Batsaki, Yota
Cahalan, Sarah Burke
Tchikine, Anatole |
| Series title: | Dumbarton Oaks Symposia and Colloquia Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-88402-416-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2017 |
| Publisher: | Dumbarton Oaks
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $90.00 |
Book Description:
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The Botany of Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century brings together international scholars to examine: the figure of the botanical explorer; links between imperial ambition and the impulse to survey, map, and collect specimens in "new" territories; and relationships among botanical knowledge, self-representation, and material culture.
The Botany of Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century brings together international scholars to examine: the figure of the botanical explorer; links between imperial ambition and the impulse to survey, map, and collect specimens in "new" territories; and relationships among botanical knowledge, self-representation, and material culture.