Nature Displaced, Nature Displayed

Order and Beauty in Botanical Gardens

AvNuala C. Johnson

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

Botanical gardens brought together in a single space the great diversity of the earth's flora. They displaced nature from forest and foothill and re-arranged it to reveal something of the scientific principles underpinning the apparent chaos of the wild. Nature Displaced, Nature Displayed shows how the design and display of such gardens was not determined by scientific principles alone. Through a study of three botanical gardens - belonging to the University of Cambridge, the Royal Dublin Society, and the Belfast Natural History Society - the author shows how the final outcome involved a complex interplay of ideas about place, identity, empire, botanical science, and especially aesthetics, creating spaces that would educate the mind as well as please the senses. This highly engaging book offers a wealth of fresh insights into both the history and development of botanical gardens as well as connections between science and aesthetics.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-04-29
Mått:164 x 240 x 28 mm
Vikt:620 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Tauris Historical Geographical Series
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781848857124

Utforska kategorier

Historisk geografi inom Historia och arkeologi
Växtböcker inom Djur och Natur
Botanik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Nuala C. Johnson is Reader in Human Geography at the School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen's University Belfast. Her previous books include 'Ireland, the Great War and the Geography of Remembrance' (2003) and, as co-editor, 'Companion to Cultural Geography' (2004) and 'Culture and Society' (2008).

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'Nuala Johnson's masterful ethnography of three sites where the canons of science and aesthetics are refracted and blurred demonstrates why a geographical imagination matters. This is comparative history at its best.' - James S. Duncan, University of Cambridge

Innehållsförteckning

List of FiguresAcknowledgements1: Nature, Botanical Gardens and Science2: Foundations3: Displaying and Displacing Nature: Order, Classification and Pleasure4: Glass, Iron and Steam: Botanical Buildings and the Cultivation of the Exotic5: Networks and Exchanges: Knowledge Transfer and Peopling Botanical Institutions6: Popular Science, Public Pleasure and the Botanical Garden as a Site of Education and Entertainment7: ConclusionNotesBibliography Index