Cultivating Commerce

Cultures of Botany in Britain and France, 1760–1815

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Engineering, History, European General
Cover of the book Cultivating Commerce by Sarah Easterby-Smith, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Sarah Easterby-Smith ISBN: 9781108506281
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: November 9, 2017
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Sarah Easterby-Smith
ISBN: 9781108506281
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: November 9, 2017
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

Sarah Easterby-Smith rewrites the histories of botany and horticulture from the perspectives of plant merchants who sold botanical specimens in the decades around 1800. These merchants were not professional botanists, nor were they the social equals of refined amateurs of botany. Nevertheless, they participated in Enlightenment scholarly networks, acting as intermediaries who communicated information and specimens. Thanks to their practical expertise, they also became sources of new knowledge in their own right. Cultivating Commerce argues that these merchants made essential contributions to botanical history, although their relatively humble status means that their contributions have received little sustained attention to date. Exploring how the expert nurseryman emerged as a new social figure in Britain and France, and examining what happened to the elitist, masculine culture of amateur botany when confronted by expanding public participation, Easterby-Smith sheds fresh light on the evolution of transnational Enlightenment networks during the Age of Revolutions.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Sarah Easterby-Smith rewrites the histories of botany and horticulture from the perspectives of plant merchants who sold botanical specimens in the decades around 1800. These merchants were not professional botanists, nor were they the social equals of refined amateurs of botany. Nevertheless, they participated in Enlightenment scholarly networks, acting as intermediaries who communicated information and specimens. Thanks to their practical expertise, they also became sources of new knowledge in their own right. Cultivating Commerce argues that these merchants made essential contributions to botanical history, although their relatively humble status means that their contributions have received little sustained attention to date. Exploring how the expert nurseryman emerged as a new social figure in Britain and France, and examining what happened to the elitist, masculine culture of amateur botany when confronted by expanding public participation, Easterby-Smith sheds fresh light on the evolution of transnational Enlightenment networks during the Age of Revolutions.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book Anzac Battlefield by Sarah Easterby-Smith
Cover of the book Educating China by Sarah Easterby-Smith
Cover of the book Methods of Mathematical Physics by Sarah Easterby-Smith
Cover of the book The Politics of Principle by Sarah Easterby-Smith
Cover of the book Trade Governance in the Digital Age by Sarah Easterby-Smith
Cover of the book Principles of Discrete Time Mechanics by Sarah Easterby-Smith
Cover of the book Reading Ovid by Sarah Easterby-Smith
Cover of the book Geometry, Topology, and Dynamics in Negative Curvature by Sarah Easterby-Smith
Cover of the book Collier's Conflict of Laws by Sarah Easterby-Smith
Cover of the book The Literature of Al-Andalus by Sarah Easterby-Smith
Cover of the book Behavioral Genetics of the Mouse: Volume 2, Genetic Mouse Models of Neurobehavioral Disorders by Sarah Easterby-Smith
Cover of the book Foreign and Domestic Investment in Argentina by Sarah Easterby-Smith
Cover of the book Wireless Device-to-Device Communications and Networks by Sarah Easterby-Smith
Cover of the book Religious Deviance in the Roman World by Sarah Easterby-Smith
Cover of the book Genome-Wide Association Studies by Sarah Easterby-Smith
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy