The tropics and the traveling gaze : India, landscape, and science, 1800-1856 / David Arnold.
The tropics and the traveling gaze : India, landscape, and science, 1800-1856 / David Arnold.
The tropics and the traveling gaze : India, landscape, and science, 1800-1856 / David Arnold.
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Publisher
Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington Press ; Chesham : Combined Academic [distributor], 2006.
Date
2006.
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N304.20954/ 3
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English
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Physical content
xiv, 298 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Itinerant empire -- 2. In a land of death -- 3. Romanticism and improvement -- 4. From the Orient to the tropics -- 5. Networks and knowledges -- 6. Botany and the bounds of empire.
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Publisher
Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington Press ; Chesham : Combined Academic [distributor], 2006.
Place of Publication
Washington (State)
Date Published
2006.
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"The Tropics and the Traveling Gaze considers the European representation and understanding of landscape and nature in early nineteenth-century India. It draws on travel narratives, literary texts, and scientific literature to show the diversity of European (especially British) responses to the Indian environment and the ways in which these contrib...
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The tropics and the traveling gaze : India, landscape, and science, 1800-1856 / David Arnold.
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Culture, place, and nature.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other version (online)
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N304.20954/ 3
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74VKMogAvQrA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKMogAvQrA
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029598581X (hbk.) :
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304.2095409034
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991021295029702626
