Fai clic su di un'immagine per andare a Google Ricerca Libri.
Sto caricando le informazioni... Sex, Botany and Empire: The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banksdi Patricia Fara
Nessuno Sto caricando le informazioni...
Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Quick read about imperial science and botany. I knew nothing of Joseph Banks before reading this. Had never heard of him, in fact. Shortcomings aside, he was a very important figure in the realm of science and discovery, and I plan on doing a bit more reading on him.Other reviews claim that this book does not go into enough detail on Banks's life. While this may be true, just looking at the length of the book, I don't see how one could expect otherwise. It's less than 200 pages long, after all, and a good portion of that deals with the research of Carl Linnaeus. If you're looking for a definitive biography of Sir Joseph Banks, this is not the book you're looking for. This seems no more than a primer on the man and British imperial science. Which is exactly what I needed. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Appartiene alle SeriePremi e riconoscimenti
When imperial explorer James Cook returned from his first voyage to Australia, the scandal writers mercilessly satirised the amorous exploits of his botanist, Joseph Banks, whose trousers were reportedly stolen while he was inside the tent of Queen Oberea of Tahiti.But Enlightenment botany was fraught with sexual symbolism. And in Sweden and Britain, both imperial powers, Banks and Carl Linneaus ruled over their own small scientific empires, promoting botanical exploration to justify exploiting territories, peoples and natural resources. Regarding native peoples with disdain, these two scientific emperors portrayed the Arctic North and the Pacific Ocean as uncorrupted Edens, free from the shackles of Western sexual mores.Patricia Fara reveals how, barely concealed under Banks' and Linneaus' camouflage of noble Enlightenment, were the altogether more seedy drives to conquer, subdue and deflower - in the name of the British imperial State. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
Discussioni correntiNessunoCopertine popolari
Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)580.922Natural sciences and mathematics Plants Botany Biography; History By Place BiographyClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
Sei tu?Diventa un autore di LibraryThing. |
But! It was a decent book on how botany changed the British empire, and vice versa. It also covers contemporary attitudes towards the plants and people found in British explorations. It's a short book, and a good quick read if you're looking for info on the subject. ( )