Reading the World : British Practices of Natural History, 1760-1820

Edwin D Rose

ISBN 10: 0822948516 / ISBN 13: 9780822948513

Published by University Of Pittsburgh Press Mär 2025, 2025

Neuware - In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries--a period that marked the emergence of a global modernity--educated landowners, or 'gentlemen,' dominated the development of British natural history, utilizing networks of trade and empire to inventory nature and understand events across the world. Specimens, ranging from a Welsh bittern to the plants of Botany Bay, were collected, recorded, and classified, while books were produced in London and copies distributed and used across Britain, Continental Europe, the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas. Natural history connected a diverse range of individuals, from European landowners to Polynesian priests, incorporating, distributing, synthesizing, and appropriating information collected on a global scale. Seller Inventory # 9780822948513

Synopsis:

How Natural History Connected Diverse Individuals and Information from Across the Globe

About the Author:

Edwin D. Rose is a Leverhulme Trust early career research fellow in the School of Philosophy, Religion, and History of Science at the University of Leeds and a Bye-Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Reading the World : British Practices of ...
Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press Mär 2025
Publication Date: 2025
Binding: Buch
Condition: Neu