Reading the world: british practices of natural history, 1760-1820
Auteur :
Rose, Edwin David
Éditeur :
University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN :
9780822967705
Date de publication :
30 sept. 2025
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.