Reading the World : British Practices of Natural History, 1760-1820
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Format
Hardback
ISBN-10
0822948516
ISBN-13
9780822948513
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Imprint
University of Pittsburgh Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 18th, 2025
Print length
408 Pages
Weight
762 grams
Dimensions
16.10 x 23.70 x 4.00 cms
Product Classification:
History of scienceThe Earth: natural history generalThe Earth: natural history: general interest
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In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries—a period that marked the emergence of a global modernity—educated landowners, or “gentlemen,” dominated the development of British natural history, utilizing networks of trade and empire to inventory nature and understand events across the world.
A new addition to the University of Pittsburgh Press Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century series
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