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How 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 Contents

List 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

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      Publisher: MT - University of Pennsylvania Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/28/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780812238358, 978-0812238358
      ISBN10: 0812238354
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How 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 Contents

      List 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

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