American Eden : David Hosack, botany, and medicine in the garden of the early republic / Victoria Jo...
American Eden : David Hosack, botany, and medicine in the garden of the early republic / Victoria Jo...
American Eden : David Hosack, botany, and medicine in the garden of the early republic / Victoria Johnson.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2018]
Call Numbers
G 2019/0458
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
x, 461 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color map ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue -- "Tear in pieces the doctors" -- "An endless source of innocent delight" -- "Ripping open my belly" -- "He is as good as the theatre" -- "The grass is three feet high in the streets" -- "Doctor, I despair" -- "There are no informed people here" -- "H--k is enough, and even that unnecessar...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2018]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
"One goal drove Hosack above all others: to build the Republic's first botanical garden. Despite innumerable obstacles and near-constant resistance, Hosack triumphed when his Elgin Botanic Garden at last crowned twenty acres of Manhattan farmland by 1810. "Where others saw real estate and power, Hosack saw the landscape as a pharmacopoeia able to b...
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American Eden : David Hosack, botany, and medicine in the garden of the early republic / Victoria Johnson.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-436) and index.
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©2018
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G 2019/0458
Record Identifier
74VKV08eg8Xg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV08eg8Xg
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ISBN
1631494198 (hardcover)
9781631494192 (hardcover)
DDC
580.973
MMS ID
991024227612502626
