Science and Colonial Expansion: The Role of the British Royal Botanic Gardens
| AUTHOR | Brockway, Lucile H. |
| PUBLISHER | Yale University Press (09/10/2002) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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This widely acclaimed book analyzes the political effects of scientific research as exemplified by one field, economic botany, during one epoch, the nineteenth century, when Great Britain was the world's most powerful nation. Lucile Brockway examines how the British botanic garden network developed and transferred economically important plants to different parts of the world to promote the prosperity of the Empire. In this classic 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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ISBN-13:
9780300091434
ISBN-10:
0300091435
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
232
Carton Quantity:
32
Product Dimensions:
6.06 x 0.53 x 9.18 inches
Weight:
0.72 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Maps,
Table of Contents,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Science | History
Science | Life Sciences - Botany
Science | World - General
Dewey Decimal:
581.609
Library of Congress Control Number:
2001097310
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This widely acclaimed book analyzes the political effects of scientific research as exemplified by one field, economic botany, during one epoch, the nineteenth century, when Great Britain was the world's most powerful nation. Lucile Brockway examines how the British botanic garden network developed and transferred economically important plants to different parts of the world to promote the prosperity of the Empire. In this classic 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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