Conquering Nature in Spain and its Empire, 1750–1850

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

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

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-09-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt:522 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Imperialism
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Manchester University Press
ISBN:9780719084935

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Helen Cowie is a Research Fellow in History at the University of Plymouth.

Recensioner i media

A cogent and well-rounded account of the new imperial and colonial cultures of natural history in the Spanish Empire.'Jorge Ca˜Nizares-Esguerra, American Historical Review, vol 118, no 1, February 2013In her though provoking analysis, (...) Cowie shows that at the end of the eighteenth century the conquest of nature in the Spanish Empire was similar to that undertaken in other other European empires, but that communications between Spanish American naturalists as well as their connection to the outside world were more difficult and the number of publications smaller.'thought-provoking analysis... [a] clear and concise book'

Innehållsförteckning

1. Morals and monuments2. Sloth bones and anteater tongues3. Nature on display4. Peripheral vision5. The creole conundrum6. Civilisation and barbarism7. Naturalistes sans frontièresConclusionBibliographyIndex