Colonial botany: science, commerce, and politics in the early modern world.

Name: Colonial botany: science, commerce, and politics in the early modern world.
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Schiebinger, Londa and Claudia Swan.
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This book reveals how the study, naming, cultivation, and marketing of rare and beautiful plants resulted from and shaped European voyages, conquests, global trade, and scientific exploration.

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SKU: c60392079b5d Categories: Botanical, New Books, plant hunting

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University of Pennsylvania Press, Octavo, paperback, text illustrations.

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