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Author:

Drayton, Richard Harry.

Title:

Nature's government : science, imperial Britain, and the 'Improvement' of the World / Richard Drayton.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

xxi, 346 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew--History.
Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew, England)--History.
Imperialism--History.
Botany, Economic--Political aspects--Great Britain.
Botany--Great Britain--History.
Botany, Economic--Great Britain--History.
Great Britain--History--18th century.
Great Britain--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-326) and index.

ISBN:

9780300059762 (alk. paper)
0300059760 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)42968051

LCCN:

99059158

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)