Worlds of Natural History

ISBN-13: 9781316649718 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 682 str.

H. A. Curry; N. Jardine; J. a. Secord

Opis

Explores the development of natural history since the Renaissance and contextualizes current discussions of biodiversity.

Recenzje

'… the essays collected here bring us closer to an understanding of how historians of science gain insights through trying to expand their perspectives, and search for continuities between the past and the present. This volume should become essential reading for both historians of science and all scholars keen to keep abreast of general historical debates about the environment, technology, globalisation, empire and exchange.' Sooyoung An, East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine

Spis treści

Introduction: worlds of history Nicholas Jardine and Emma Spary; Part I. Early Modern Ventures: 1. Visions of ancient natural history Brian W. Ogilvie; 2. Gessner's history of nature Sachiko Kusukawa; 3. Natural history in the apothecary's shop Valentina Pugliano; 4. Horticultural networking and sociable citation Leah Knight; 5. European exchanges and communities Florike Egmond; 6. Making monsters Natalie Lawrence; 7. Indigenous naturalists Iris Montero Sobrevilla; 8. Insects, philosophy and the microscope Eric Jorink; Part II. Enlightened Orders: 9. The materials of natural history Paula Findlen and Anna Toledano; 10. Experimental natural history Mary Terrall; 11. Spatial arrangement and systematic order Robert Felfe; 12. Linnaean paper tools Staffan Müller-Wille; 13. Image and nature Kärin Nickelsen; 14. Botanical conquistadors Daniela Bleichmar; 15. Bird sellers and animal merchants Christopher Plumb; 16. Vegetable empire Miles Ogborn; Part III. Publics and Empires: 17. Containers and collections Anne Secord; 18. Natural history and the scientific voyage Katharine Anderson; 19. Humboldt's exploration at a distance Sandra Rebok; 20. Publics and practices Lynn K. Nyhart; 21. Museum nature Samuel J. M. M. Alberti; 22. Peopling natural history Sadiah Qureshi; 23. The oils of empire Sujit Sivasundaram; Part IV. Connecting and Conserving: 24. Global geology and the tectonics of empire James A. Secord; 25. Zoological gardens Mitchell G. Ash; 26. Provincializing global botany Jung Lee; 27. Descriptive and prescriptive taxonomies Jim Endersby; 28. Imperiled crops and endangered flowers Helen Anne Curry; 29. Networks of natural history in Latin America Regina Horta Duarte; 30. The unnatural history of postwar human biology Joanna Radin; 31. Fieldwork out of place Etienne Benson; 32. Wild visions Morgan Richards; Epilogue: natural history and its histories in the twenty-first century Helen Anne Curry and James A. Secord.