Utopia's Garden
E. C. Spary
The University of Chicago Press, 2000
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This work traces the scientific, administrative, and political strategies that enabled the foundation of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. It argues that agriculture and animal breeding rank alongside classification and collections in explaining why natural history was important for French rulers.
- ISBN-13
- 9780226768625
- ISBN-10
- 0226768627
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Year
- 2000
- Publication date
- 2000-12-01
- Pages
- 304
- Dimensions
- 237x161x25
- Weight
- 566