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Item Details
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SEX, BOTANY AND EMPIRE (ICON SCIENCE)
THE STORY OF CARL LINNAEUS AND JOSEPH BANKS |
| By: |
Patricia Fara |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£9.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1840465735 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781840465730 |
| Publisher: |
ICON BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
4 November, 2004 |
| Edition: |
2nd edition |
| Series: |
Icon Science |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
Eighteenth century botany, starring Cook, Banks, and Linnaeus, was sexy, dangerous, and big business, and Fara reveals the existence, barely concealed under the camouflage of noble enlightenment, of the more seedy drives to conquer, subdue and deflower in the name of the British Empire. |
| Synopsis: |
When the imperial explorer James Cook returned from his first voyage to Australia, scandal writers mercilessly satirised the amorous exploits of his botanist, Joseph Banks. Was the pursuit of scientific truth really what drove Enlightenment science? Patricia Fara reveals the existence, barely concealed under Banks' and Linnaeus' camouflage of noble Enlightenment, of the altogether more seedy drives to conquer, subdue and deflower in the name of the British Imperial state. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations, unspecified |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Icon Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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