Elliott Erasmus Darwin's Gardens

Medicine, Agriculture and the Sciences in the Eighteenth Century
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-80010-140-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 9, 366 Seiten

Reihe: Garden and Landscape History

This first full study of Erasmus Darwin's gardening, horticulture and agriculture shows he was as keen a nature enthusiast as his grandson Charles, and demonstrates the ways in which his landscape experiences transformed his understanding of nature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elliott, Paul A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION

1 LICHFIELD AND DERBY GARDENS
2 MEDICINAL PLANTS AND THEIR PLACES
3 AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT: ENCLOSURE AND THE APPLICATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
4 VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE
5 VEGETABLE PATHOLOGY AND MEDICINE
6 AMONGST THE ANIMALS7 ANIMAL DISEASES
8 "EATING OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE": FORESTRY, ARBORICULTURE AND MEDICINE
9 TREES IN THE ECONOMY OF NATURE

CONCLUSION

Select Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Elliott Paul A.:
PAUL ELLIOTT is Professor of Modern History at the University of Derby.