TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spary,E.C.
TI  - Utopia's garden: French natural history from Old Regime to Revolution 
SN  - 9780226768700 (electronic bk.)
AV  - QH147 .S62 2000eb
U1  - 508.44/09/033 22
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France)
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (Paris, France)
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 18e siècle
KW  - Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (Paris)
KW  - ram
KW  - Natural history
KW  - France
KW  - Natural History
KW  - History, 18th Century
KW  - Museums
KW  - Museúm national d'histoire naturelle (France)
KW  - Science
KW  - Sciences naturelles
KW  - NATURE
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Natuurlijke historie
KW  - gtt
KW  - Utopie
KW  - swd
KW  - Gartenkunst
KW  - Frankreich
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-310); The Place of Histoire naturelle at the Jardin du Roi --; Acting at a Distance: Andre Thouin and the Function of Botanical Networks --; Naturalizing the Tree of Liberty: Generation, Degeneration, and Regeneration in the Jardin du Roi --; Patronage, Community, and Power: Strategies of Self-Presentation in New Regimes --; The Spectacle of Nature: The Museum d'Histoire Naturelle and the Jacobins --; Conclusion: Possible Futures
N2  - 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 Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. E.C. Spary traces the scientific, administrative, and political strategies that enabled the foundation of the Muséum, arguing that agriculture and animal breeding rank alongside classification and collections in explaining why natural history was important for French rulers
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