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This work traces the scientific, administrative, and political strategies that enabled the foundation of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. It argues that agriculture and animal breeding rank alongside classification and collections in explaining why natural history was important for French rulers.

Utopias Garden French Natural History from Old

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 12/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780226768625, 978-0226768625
    ISBN10: 0226768627
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    European history: medieval period, middle ages Social and cultural history Natural History Nature and the natural world: general interest

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    Book Synopsis
    This work traces the scientific, administrative, and political strategies that enabled the foundation of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. It argues that agriculture and animal breeding rank alongside classification and collections in explaining why natural history was important for French rulers.

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