LEADER 04012nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910785422503321 005 20220415235507.0 010 $a1-283-05859-6 010 $a9786613058591 010 $a0-226-76870-8 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226768700 035 $a(CKB)2670000000066275 035 $a(EBL)648152 035 $a(OCoLC)699509718 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000474181 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11287178 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474181 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10453810 035 $a(PQKB)11509056 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC648152 035 $a(DE-B1597)524363 035 $a(OCoLC)1135582391 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226768700 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL648152 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10443371 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL305859 035 $a(PPN)259787728 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000066275 100 $a20000310d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUtopia's garden$b[electronic resource] $eFrench natural history from Old Regime to Revolution /$fE.C. Spary 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (339 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-226-76863-5 311 0 $a0-226-76862-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-310). 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction --$tChapter One. The Place of Histoire naturelle at the Jardin du Roi --$tChapter Two. Acting at a Distance: André Thouin and the Function of Botanical Networks --$tChapter Three. Naturalizing the Tree of Liberty: Generation, Degeneration, and Regeneration in the Jardin du Roi --$tChapter Four. Patronage, Community, and Power: Strategies of Self-Presentation in New Regimes --$tChapter Five. The Spectacle of Nature: The Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle and the Jacobins --$tConclusion: Possible Futures --$tAppendix. Holders of Scientific Posts at the Jardin du Roi/Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1750-1793 --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe 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. But the Muséum'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. 606 $aNatural history$zFrance$xHistory$y18th century 610 $autopian, history, historical, nature, natural, outdoors, french, france, europe, european, western, regime, revolution, academic, scholarly, research, botanical, garden, jardin, royal, royalty, ruler, scientist, 1800, museum, political, politics, agriculture, breeding, animals, collections, rhetoric, education, enlightenment, jacobins. 615 0$aNatural history$xHistory 676 $a508.44/09/033 686 $aTB 2360$qSEPA$2rvk 700 $aSpary$b E. C$g(Emma C.)$0544763 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785422503321 996 $aUtopia's garden$9873234 997 $aUNINA