Description
Book SynopsisHow the art and literature of the British Empire reflected its dominion over the resources of tropical colonies.
Trade Review"Tobin's analyses of paintings . . . confirm her as an indispensable commentator on imperial themes in eighteenth-century British art." *
Modern Language Quarterly *
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction: Troping the Tropics and Aestheticizing Labor
1. Tropical Bounty, Local Knowledge, and the Imperial Georgic
2. Provisional Economies: Slave Gardens in the Writings of British Sojourners
3. Land, Labor, and the English Garden Conversation Piece in India
4. Picturesque Ruins, Decaying Empires, and British Imperial Character in Hodges's Travels in India
5. Seeing, Writing, and Revision: Natural History Discourse and Captain Cook's A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World
6. Domesticating the Tropics: Tropical Flowers, Botanical Books, and the Culture of Collecting
Epilogue: Decolonizing Garden History
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
