{"product_id":"experiencing-nature-9780292725942","title":"Experiencing Nature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe never-before-told story of how Spain helped initiate the modern scientific era by collecting empirical data in order to commodify and control the natural resources of its American empire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eExperiencing Nature\u003c\/i\u003e is a significant contribution to recent scholarship on the history of science and technology during the early period of transatlantic imperial expansion. * Technology and Culture *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1. Searching the Land for Commodities \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2. A Chamber of Knowledge: The Casa de la Contratación and Its Empirical Methods \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. Communities of Experts: Artisans and Innovation in the New World \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. Circuits of Information: Reports from the New World \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. Books of Nature: Scholars, Natural History, and the New World \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Conclusions: The Politics of Knowledge \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix 1. Pilots and Cosmographers at the Casa de la Contratación \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix 2. Instruments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix 3. Spanish Scientific Books \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400860115287,"sku":"9780292725942","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/experiencing-nature-9780292725942","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}