Format:
1 Online-Ressource (256 pages)
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illustrations, black & white; digital, PDF file(s)
Edition:
MSI edition
ISBN:
9781526117663
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1526117665
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9781526117670
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1526117673
Series Statement:
Studies in imperialism
Content:
This book examines the study of natural history in the Spanish Empire in the years, 1750-1850, taking a transatlantic approach to the history of science
Content:
This book examines the study of natural history in the Spanish empire in the years 1750-1850. During this period, Spain made strenuous efforts to survey, inventory and exploit the natural productions of her overseas possessions, orchestrating a serries of scientific expeditions and cultivating and displaying American fauna and flora in metropolitan gardens and museums. This book assesses the cultural significance of natural history, emphasising the figurative and utilitarian value with which eighteenth-century Spaniards invested natural objects, from globetrotting elephants to three-legged chickens. It considers how the creation, legitimisation and dissemination of scientific knowledge reflected broader questions of imperial power and national identity. This book will be of particular interest to scholars and students of Spanish and Latin American History, the History of Science and Imperial Culture
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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1. Morals and monuments -- 2. Sloth bones and anteater tongues -- 3. Nature on display -- 4. Peripheral vision -- 5. The creole conundrum -- 6. Civilisation and barbarism -- 7. Naturalistes sans frontières -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780719084935
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Cowie, Helen Conquering nature in Spain and its empire, 1750-1850 ISBN 9780719084935
Language:
English
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