Utopia's Garden : French Natural History from Old Regime to Revolution - E. C. Spary

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Utopia's Garden

French Natural History from Old Regime to Revolution

By: E. C. Spary

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Hardcover | 1 December 2000 | Edition Number 1

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The royal Parisian botanical garden, the Jardin du Roi, was a jewel in the crown of the French Old Regime, praised by both rulers and scientific practitioners. Yet unlike many such institutions, the Jardin not only survived the French Revolution but by 1800 had become the world's leading public establishment of natural history: the Mus� 9um d'Histoire Naturelle.
E. C. Spary traces the scientific, administrative, and political strategies that enabled the foundation of the Mus� 9um, arguing that agriculture and animal breeding rank alongside classification and collections in explaining why natural history was important for French rulers. But the Mus� 9um's success was also a consequence of its employees' Revolutionary rhetoric: by displaying the natural order, they suggested, the institution could assist in fashioning a self-educating, self-policing Republican people. Natural history was presented as an indispensable source of national prosperity and individual virtue.
Spary's fascinating account opens a new chapter in the history of France, science, and the Enlightenment.

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Non-Fiction History Regional & National History European History Science Science in General History of Science Gardening Nature & The Natural World Specific Events & Topics in History Social & Cultural History Earliest Times to Present Day

Early Modern History from 1450 to 1700 Modern History from 1700 to 1900 Miscellaneous Items

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
List of Abbreviations	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
The Place of Histoire naturelle at the Jardin du Roi	p. 15
Acting at a Distance: Andre Thouin and the Function of Botanical Networks	p. 49
Naturalizing the Tree of Liberty: Generation, Degeneration, and Regeneration in the Jardin du Roi	p. 99
Patronage, Community, and Power: Strategies of Self-Presentation in New Regimes	p. 155
The Spectacle of Nature: The Museum d'Histoire Naturelle and the Jacobins	p. 193
Conclusion: Possible Futures	p. 241
Appendix	p. 259
Bibliography	p. 263
Index	p. 311
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French Natural History from Old Regime to Revolution

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