American Curiosity

Cultures of Natural History in the Colonial British Atlantic World

Autoren

• Susan Scott Parrish

Parameter

• 342 Seiten
• 12 Lesestunden

• Geschichte

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Exploring the dynamic relationship between settlers and the natural world, the book delves into how British colonists and the London scientific community interacted with and understood American curiosities from the late sixteenth to the eighteenth century. Susan Scott Parrish highlights the horizontal exchange of knowledge across the Atlantic, illustrating that scientific understanding was not a one-way flow but rather a collaborative effort that shaped perceptions of nature in the colonies.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Einband: Paperback