Utopia's Garden: French Natural History from Old Regime to Revolution

by E.C. Spary

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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 Mus um d'Histoire Naturelle.

E. C. Spary traces the scientific, administrative, and political strategies that...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226768635

ISBN13:9780226768632

Release Date:December 2000

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Gardening Gardening & Landscaping History Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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