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Annals of Botany 2008 102(4):657-658; doi:10.1093/aob/mcn144
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Imperial nature. Joseph Hooker and the practices of Victorian science

Imperial nature. Joseph Hooker and the practices of Victorian science
Endersby J. 2008.
London: University of Chicago Press. £18.00 (hardback). 400pp.

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The pace and direction of the emergent science of botany in 19th century Britain was shaped by the growth of Empire. Jim Endersby adds a new dimension to this familiar story, demonstrating the critical importance of money and status in botany's development. He focusses on the years 1825–75, when the flora of Britain's colonies was intensively explored and exploited and, not unconnectedly, at the time Joseph Hooker (1817–1911) built his own reputation and then that of his own Empire at Kew. This book is about tensions. Tension between the need for more paid jobs in botany and the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Peter Ayres

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