Description
Book SynopsisThis book examines the study of natural history in the Spanish Empire in the years, 1750-1850, taking a transatlantic approach to the history of science.
Trade ReviewA cogent and well-rounded account of the new imperial and colonial cultures of natural history in the Spanish Empire.'
Jorge Ca˜Nizares-Esguerra, American Historical Review, vol 118, no 1, February 2013
In her though provoking analysis, (...) Cowie shows that at the end of the eighteenth century the conquest of nature in the Spanish Empire was similar to that undertaken in other other European empires, but that communications between Spanish American naturalists as well as their connection to the outside world were more difficult and the number of publications smaller.
'thought-provoking analysis... [a] clear and concise book'
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Table of Contents1. Morals and monuments
2. Sloth bones and anteater tongues
3. Nature on display
4. Peripheral vision
5. The creole conundrum
6. Civilisation and barbarism
7. Naturalistes sans frontières
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
