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Conquering nature in Spain and its empire, 1750-1850
Studies in Imperialism
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129,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Manchester University Press |
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| Veröffentl.: | 01.02.2017 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781526117670 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 256 |
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Beschreibungen
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
This book will be of particular interest to scholars and students of Spanish and Latin American History, the History of Science and Imperial Culture
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.
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
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
Helen Cowie is a Research Fellow in History at the University of Plymouth.
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
This book will be of particular interest to scholars and students of Spanish and Latin American History, the History of Science and Imperial Culture
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