Utopia's garden : French natural history from Old Regime to Revolution

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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Main Author: Spary, E. C. (Emma C.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France) > History > 18th century.
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France)
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (Paris) > 18e siècle.
1700-1799
Natural history > France > History > 18th century.
NATURE > General.
Natural history
Gartenkunst
Utopie
Natuurlijke historie.
Sciences naturelles > France > 18e siècle.
France
Frankreich
History
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Table of Contents:
  • The Place of Histoire naturelle at the Jardin du Roi
  • Acting at a Distance: Andre Thouin and the Function of Botanical Networks
  • Naturalizing the Tree of Liberty: Generation, Degeneration, and Regeneration in the Jardin du Roi
  • Patronage, Community, and Power: Strategies of Self-Presentation in New Regimes
  • The Spectacle of Nature: The Museum d'Histoire Naturelle and the Jacobins
  • Conclusion: Possible Futures.

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