The Victorians: A Botanical Perspective Volume 1 /
The Victorians: A Botanical Perspective, Volume 1 offers a unique re-evaluation of the Victorian Age and presents a new historiography based on plants. It examines the use of gutta-percha in the development of electrical measurements; provides a detailed history of cocoa and the forced labor in the...
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer,
2024.
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed. 2024. |
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| Online-Zugang: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-68759-4 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The Victorians: A Botanical Perspective, Volume 1 offers a unique re-evaluation of the Victorian Age and presents a new historiography based on plants. It examines the use of gutta-percha in the development of electrical measurements; provides a detailed history of cocoa and the forced labor in the São Tomé and Príncipe Islands; explores the beauty, imagination, and order of William and May Morris’ flowers; uncovers the world of Charles Darwin and the Victorian Botany Culture; highlights the crucial role of the Wardian Case in the global transport of plants; reveals the connection between Mid-Victorian Botany and Microscopy; offers glimpses of the colonial collections at the 1862 London Exhibition; explains how botany was connected with the development of photography; evokes the desire for a return to Nature and a simple life; and, finally, takes us on a journey through the history of violets. |
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| Beschreibung: | XI, 273 p. 104 illus., 94 illus. in color. online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9783031687594 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-031-68759-4 |