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Worlds of Natural History From Aztec accounts of hibernating hummingbirds to contemporary television spectaculars, human encounters with nature have long sparked wonder, curiosity and delight. Written by leading scholars, thisrichlyillustratedvolumeoffersalivelyintroductiontothehistory of natural history, from the sixteenth century to the present day. Covering an extraordinary range of topics, from curiosity cabinets and travelling menageries to modern seed banks and radio-tracked wildlife,thisvolumedrawstogethertheworkofhistoriansofscience, of environment and of art, museum curators and literary scholars. Thechaptersareframedbyanintroductionchartingrecenttrendsin the field and an epilogue outlining the prospects for the future. Accessible to newcomers and established specialists alike, Worlds of NaturalHistory provides amuch-needed perspectiveon current dis- cussions of biodiversity and an enticing overview of an increasingly vitalaspectofhumanhistory. H.A.CURRYisthePeterLiptonSeniorLecturerinHistoryofModern ScienceandTechnologyattheUniversityofCambridge. N. JARDINE is emeritus Professor of History and Philosophy of the SciencesattheUniversityofCambridge. J.A.SECORDisProfessorofHistoryandPhilosophyofScienceatthe UniversityofCambridge. E.C.SPARYisReaderintheHistoryofModernEuropeanKnowledge attheUniversityofCambridge. AdvancepraiseforWorldsofNaturalHistory Thismassive,comprehensiveandextremelyrichcollectionofchapters featuresastellarcastofcontributorswhohavecreatedaworthysequel to Cultures of Natural History. From its elegant introduction to its colourfulchaptersandprovocativeafterwordonthecontinuingvital- ity of natural history in the twenty-first century, this book fascinates andinstructs.Dazzledbyitscontents,readerswillhaveadifficulttime decidingwhichcompartmentinthiscabinetofcuriositiestoopenfirst. Thisisscholarshipinthehistoryofscienceatitsfinest. BernardLightman,YorkUniversity This volume offers a cornucopia of new approaches to writing the historyofnaturalhistoryfromtheRenaissancetotoday.Withattention to shifting epistemologies and material cultures, it situates ancient traditions of collecting, classifying and preserving nature in relation to the modern biological and Earth sciences. In our present era of vanishingbiologicaldiversity,theauthorsconsiderthelessonsofthe pastforthefutureofbotheliteandpopularscientificinstitutions,from seedbankstomuseumsandzoos. DeborahR.Coen,YaleUniversity Worlds of Natural History comes as close as is humanly possible to livinguptoitstitle.Thechaptersilluminatealmosteveryaspectofthe vast enterprise of natural history, from collecting, networking and voyagingtopreserving, image-makingandclassifying.Itssitesareas various as the Renaissance apothecary’s shop and the contemporary genetics lab; its locales criss-cross the globe. This book crystallises decades of historical scholarship, and is the single best introduction tothetopic. LorraineDaston,MaxPlanckInstitutefortheHistoryofScience,Berlin Worlds of Natural History EDITED BY H. A. CURRY, N. JARDINE, J. A. SECORD and E. C. SPARY UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre, NewDelhi–110025,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781316510315 DOI:10.1017/9781108225229 ©CambridgeUniversityPress2018 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2018 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyTJInternationalLtd.PadstowCornwall AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. ISBN978-1-316-51031-5Hardback ISBN978-1-316-64971-8Paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracy ofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Contents Listofplates page xi Listoffigures xiii Notesoncontributors xvii Acknowledgements xxv INTRODUCTION Worldsofhistory 3 NicholasJardineandEmmaSpary I EARLY MODERN VENTURES 1 Visionsofancientnaturalhistory 17 BrianW.Ogilvie 2 Gessner’shistoryofnature 33 SachikoKusukawa 3 Naturalhistoryintheapothecary’sshop 44 ValentinaPugliano 4 Horticulturalnetworkingandsociablecitation 61 LeahKnight 5 Europeanexchangesandcommunities 78 FlorikeEgmond 6 Makingmonsters 94 NatalieLawrence 7 Indigenousnaturalists 112 IrisMonteroSobrevilla 8 Insects,philosophyandthemicroscope 131 EricJorink II ENLIGHTENED ORDERS 9 Thematerialsofnaturalhistory 151 PaulaFindlenandAnnaToledano 10 Experimentalnaturalhistory 170 MaryTerrall 11 Spatialarrangementandsystematicorder 185 RobertFelfe vii viii Contents 12 Linnaeanpapertools 205 StaffanMüller-Wille 13 Imageandnature 221 KärinNickelsen 14 Botanicalconquistadors 236 DanielaBleichmar 15 Birdsellersandanimalmerchants 255 ChristopherPlumb 16 Vegetableempire 271 MilesOgborn III PUBLICS AND EMPIRES 17 Containersandcollections 289 AnneSecord 18 Naturalhistoryandthescientificvoyage 304 KatharineAnderson 19 Humboldt’sexplorationatadistance 319 SandraRebok 20 Publicsandpractices 335 LynnK.Nyhart 21 Museumnature 348 SamuelJ.M.M.Alberti 22 Peoplingnaturalhistory 363 SadiahQureshi 23 Theoilsofempire 379 SujitSivasundaram IV CONNECTING AND CONSERVING 24 Globalgeologyandthetectonicsofempire 401 JamesA.Secord 25 Zoologicalgardens 418 MitchellG.Ash 26 Provincialisingglobalbotany 433 JungLee 27 Descriptiveandprescriptivetaxonomies 447 JimEndersby 28 Imperilledcropsandendangeredflowers 460 HelenAnneCurry 29 NetworksofnaturalhistoryinLatinAmerica 476 ReginaHortaDuarte 30 Theunnaturalhistoryofhumanbiology 491 JoannaRadin 31 Fieldworkoutofplace 504 EtienneBenson 32 Wildvisions 518 MorganRichards Contents ix EPILOGUE Naturalhistoryanditshistoriesinthetwenty-firstcentury 535 HelenAnneCurryandJamesA.Secord Notes 545 Index 635 Colourplatescanbefoundbetweenpages286and287
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