Utopia's garden French natural history from Old Regime to Revolution
The royal Parisian botanical garden, the Jardin du Roi, was a jewel in the crown of the French Old Regime, praised by both rulers and scientific practitioners. Yet unlike many such institutions, the Jardin not only survived the French Revolution but by 1800 had become the world's leading public...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press
c2000.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31239559*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Place of Histoire naturelle at the Jardin du Roi
- Acting at a Distance: Andre Thouin and the Function of Botanical Networks
- Naturalizing the Tree of Liberty: Generation, Degeneration, and Regeneration in the Jardin du Roi
- Patronage, Community, and Power: Strategies of Self-Presentation in New Regimes
- The Spectacle of Nature: The Museum d'Histoire Naturelle and the Jacobins
- Conclusion: Possible Futures.
