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Nature's government

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An edition of Nature's government (2000)

Nature's government

science, imperial Britain, and the 'Improvement' of the World

by

  • 3 Want to read

"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.

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Yale University Press
Language
English
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346

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Subjects

Botany, Economic Botany, History, Imperialism, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Political aspects of Economic botany, Science and civilization, Historyroyal botanic gardens, kew, Imperialism--history, Botany, economic--political aspects, Botany, economic--political aspects--great britain, Botany--history, Botany--great britain--history, Botany--economics, Botany--politics, Da470 .d73 2000, 325/.341/009033, Political aspects

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Great Britain

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18th century, 19th century

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-326) and index.

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325/.341/009033
Library of Congress
DA470 .D73 2000, DA470.D73 2000

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xxi, 346 p. :
Number of pages
346

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OL52314M
ISBN 10
0300059760
LCCN
99059158
OCLC/WorldCat
42968051
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1248517
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210372

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