Cultures of Natural History

Name: Cultures of Natural History
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ISBN: 9780521558945

ISBN-10: 0521558948

ISBN-13: 9780521558945

Edition: 1995

Authors: N. Jardine, J. A. Secord, E. C. Spary

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These essays offer an accessible overview of a fascinating subject. An epilogue highlights the relevance of this extensive survey for current debates on museum practice, the display of ecological diversity, and concerns about the environment.

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List price: $62.99
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/26/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 524
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.69" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 2.948
Language: English

E. C. Spary is a lecturer in the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge.



Acknowledgments


Notes on contributors


Introduction



The natures of cultural history




Curiosity, Erudition and Utility



Emblematic natural history




The culture of gardens




Courting nature




The culture of curiosity




Physicians and natural history




Natural history as print culture




Virtuosity, Improvement and Sensibility



Natural history in the academies




Carl Linnaeus and his time and place




Gender in natural history




Political natural and bodily economics




The science of man




The natural history of the earth




Naturphilosophie and the kingdoms of nature




Discipline, Discovery and Display



New spaces in natural history




Minerals strata and fossils




Humboldtian science




Biogeography and empire




Travelling the other way




Ethological encounters




Equipment for the field




Artisan botany




Tastes and crazes




Nature for the people




Natural history and the 'new' biology



Epilogue



The crisis of nature