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Nature's government science, imperial Britain, and the 'Improvement' of the World

Richard Harry Drayton

Localização: EACH - Esc. Artes, Ciências e Humanidades (940 D769n )(Acessar)

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Nature's government science, imperial Britain, and the 'Improvement' of the World
Autor: Richard Harry Drayton
Assuntos: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew -- History; Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew, England) -- History; Imperialism -- History; Botany, Economic -- Political aspects -- Great Britain; Botany -- Great Britain -- History; Botany, Economic -- Great Britain -- History; HISTÓRIA DA EUROPA; IMPERIALISMO (HISTÓRIA); BOTÂNICA (HISTÓRIA) -- GRÃ-BRETANHA; Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; GRÃ-BRETANHA (HISTÓRIA) -- SÉCULO 18 SÉCULO 19
Notas: Includes bibliographical references and index
Descrição: "Nature's Government is an attempt to juxtapose the histories of Britain, western science, and imperialism. It shows how colonial expansion, from the age of Alexander the Great to the twentieth century, led to complex kinds of knowledge. Science, and botany in particular, was fed by information culled from the exploration of the globe. At the same time science was useful to imperialism: it guided the exploitation of exotic environments and made conquest seem necessary, legitimate, and beneficial."--BOOK JACKET
Editor: New Haven Yale University Press
Data de criação/publicação: c2000
Formato: xxi, 346 p. ill. 24 cm.
Idioma: Inglês

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