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Inventing the indigenous : local knowledge and natural history in early modern Europe / Alix Cooper.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) GR880 .C67 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cooper, Alix, 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Traditional medicine--Europe.
- Traditional medicine.
- Traditional medicine--Europe--Sources.
- Natural history--Europe.
- Natural history.
- Natural history--Europe--Sources.
- Europe--History--1492-.
- Europe.
- History.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 218 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- This book shows how early modern Europeans began to take inventory of their own 'indigenous' natural worlds.
- Contents:
- 1 Home and the World: Debating Indigenous Nature 21
- "There are in Germany so many more and better medicines..." 22
- "Garlic and Onions" 32
- "Indigenous Medicine" 41
- 2 Field and Garden: The Making of the Local Flora 51
- Field Trips 57
- Texts 72
- Places 80
- 3 From Rocks to Riches: The Quest for Natural Wealth 87
- Mineral Kingdoms 89
- Natural Treasures 94
- Excavating Wurzburg 101
- Dealing in the Local 109
- 4 The Nature of the Territory 116
- "Procure us an Account" 121
- Translating the New Science 131
- "The Possibilities of the Land" 140
- 5 Problems of Local Knowledge 152
- "The Indies in Switzerland" 156
- Florists and Critics 166.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-212) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780521870870
- 0521870879
- OCLC:
- 76167291
- Online:
- Publisher description
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