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Sex, Botany, and Empire

Hardback
Published : Friday 19 August 2022
ISBN : 9780231134262
Price : €25.74


Description

In Sweden and Britain, imperial powers both, Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks ruled over their own small scientific empires, promoting botanical exploration to justify the exploitation of territories, peoples, and natural resources. This book explores the entwined destinies of these two men and how their influence served both science and empire.



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