Utopia's garden : French natural history from Old Regime to Revolution / E.C. Spary.
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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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | 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 establishment of natural history: the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. E.C. Spary traces the scientific, administrative, and political strategies that enabled the foundation of the Muséum, arguing that agriculture and animal breeding rank alongside classification and collections in explaining why natural history was important for French rulers. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 321 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-310) |
| ISBN: | 9780226768700 0226768708 1283058596 9781283058599 9786613058591 6613058599 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |