Nature displaced, nature displayed : order and beauty in botanical gardens / Nuala C. Johnson.
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TextSeries: Tauris historical geography series: 7.Publisher: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2011Description: xv, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1848857128; 9781848857124Subject(s): Botanical gardens -- Design | Botanical gardens -- Design -- Case studies | Botanical gardens -- Design | Botanical gardens -- Design -- Case studies | Botanischer Garten | Gestaltung | Botanischer Garten | GeschichteDDC classification: 580.73 LOC classification: QK71 | .J64 2011| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references ([p. 251]-263) and index.
Nature, botanical gardens and the circulation of science -- Foundations -- Displaying and displacing nature: order, classification and pleasure -- Glass, iron and steam: botanical buildlings and cultivating the exotic -- Networks and exchanges: knowledge transfer and peopling botanical institutions -- Popular science, public pleasure and the botanical garden as a site of education and entertainment.
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