Conquering Nature in Spain and its Empire, 1750-1850
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, legitimisati…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7190-8493-5
- EAN: 9780719084935
- Produktnummer: 23125060
- Verlag: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H23.7 cm x B16.3 cm x D2.5 cm 554 g
- Abbildungen: Illustrations, black & white
- Gewicht: 554
- Sonstiges: Further/Higher Education
Über den Autor
Helen Cowie is a Research Fellow in History at the University of Plymouth.
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