Science and Colonial Expansion: The Role of the British Royal Botanic Gardens (Studies in Social Discontinuity)
Language: English
Published by Academic Pr, 1979
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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- Title
- Science and Colonial Expansion: The Role of the British Royal Botanic Gardens (Studies in Social Discontinuity)
- Author
- Brockway, Lucile H.
- Publisher
- Academic Pr
- Publication year
- 1979
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 012134150X
- ISBN 13
- 9780121341503
- Edition
- 1st Edition
In this work, available once again after many years out of print. Brockway examines in detail three cases in which British scientists transferred important crop plants - cinchona (a source of quinine), rubber, and sisal - to new continents. Weaving together botanical, historical, economic, political, and ethnographic findings, the author illuminates the remarkable social role of botany and the entwined relation between science and politics in an imperial era.
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We are a small, independent bookseller specializing in books and some periodicals and ephemera about botany, horticulture, agriculture, gardens and natural history, including the history of botany and botanical writing of the 18th and 19th centuries, and with many books featuring botanical prints, illustrations etc. Many of our books are about the leading botanists of the colonial and early American era, including plant explorations. We also have many more modern books, especially about gardening. Many but not all of our books are rare. We can supply photographs of individual books on request and welcome inquiries.…
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