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This book analyzes the political effects of scientific research as exemplified by one field, economic botany, during one epoch, the nineteenth century, when Great Britain was the world's most powerful nation. Lucile Brockway examines how the British botanic garden network developed and transferred economically important plants to different parts of the world to promote the prosperity of the Empire.
In this work, available once again after many years out of print. Brockway examines in detail three cases in which British scientists transferred important crop plants - cinchona (a source of quinine), rubber, and sisal - to new continents. Weaving together botanical, historical, economic, political, and ethnographic findings, the author illuminates the remarkable social role of botany and the entwined relation between science and politics in an imperial era.
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Science and Colonial Expansion : The Role of the British Royal Botanic Gardens
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Elsevier Science & Technology, 1979
ISBN 10: 012134150X
ISBN 13: 9780121341503
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Da: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Science and Colonial Expansion: The Role of the British Royal Botanic Gardens (Studies in Social Discontinuity)
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Academic Pr, 1979
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ISBN 13: 9780121341503
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Da: Green Mountain Botanical Books, Norwich, VT, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good condition, clean and tight in brown cloth with red lettering and a bit of gilt decoration. Owner's name and address in small ink on initial end page and a very small ink notation (about a footnote) on the last free end page. Interior unmarked. A small bookseller's stamp affixed inside rear, unobtrusively. Photos on request. Codice articolo 230913abe005b4000
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Science and Colonial Expansion: The Role of the British Royal Botanic Gardens
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Academic Press January 1979, 1979
ISBN 10: 012134150X
ISBN 13: 9780121341503
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Da: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. P.o. name on the first page. Otherwise all other pages are very clean and bright with no markings. Binding is tight and square. Minor rubbing to the edges and corners of the DJ. DJ is now protected by a mylar cover. Codice articolo 313569
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Science and Colonial Expansion: The Role of the British Royal Botanic Gardens (Studies in Social Discontinuity)
Da: Alplaus Books, Alplaus, NY, U.S.A.
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hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pale spotting on edges. Text unmarked; gentle wear, aging. Codice articolo 82389
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