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American curiosity : cultures of natural history in the colonial British Atlantic world / / Susan Scott Parrish
| American curiosity : cultures of natural history in the colonial British Atlantic world / / Susan Scott Parrish |
| Autore | Parrish Susan Scott |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
| Disciplina | 508/.0973 |
| Collana | Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural history - United States - History
Science - Social aspects - United States - History Intercultural communication - United States - History Imperialism - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8078-5678-9
1-4696-0095-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The British metropolis and its "America," 1584-1763. A strange overplus ; Nature's admirable regularity ; London's curious -- English bodies in America. The English humoral body ; Contagious climates ; The English body saved ; Uncouth symptoms -- Atlantic correspondence networks and the curious male colonial. Mutual commerce ; Not one rational eye ; The empirical advantage ; Becoming an F.R.S. ; Us Americans -- The nature of candid friendship. Familiar letters ; The honest friend versus the fop ; Curious love ; Gifts -- Lavinia's nature. Fatal curiosity ; A peculiar grace in the fair sex ; Specimens by every shipping ; Finding signs of the pastoral -- Indian sagacity. The most secret things of nature ; Dear and deadly grapes ; Contested mediation ; No people have better eyes ; A wonderful antidote -- African magi, slave poisoners. Topographies of slave knowledge ; Cunning ; Hiding places ; Collectors ; Poisoners ; Healers ; Obscene birds ; Forest trial, forest refuge. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460610103321 |
American curiosity : cultures of natural history in the colonial British Atlantic world / / Susan Scott Parrish
| American curiosity : cultures of natural history in the colonial British Atlantic world / / Susan Scott Parrish |
| Autore | Parrish Susan Scott |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
| Disciplina | 508/.0973 |
| Collana | Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural history - United States - History
Science - Social aspects - United States - History Intercultural communication - United States - History Imperialism - History |
| ISBN |
979-88-908792-1-9
0-8078-5678-9 1-4696-0095-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The British metropolis and its "America," 1584-1763. A strange overplus ; Nature's admirable regularity ; London's curious -- English bodies in America. The English humoral body ; Contagious climates ; The English body saved ; Uncouth symptoms -- Atlantic correspondence networks and the curious male colonial. Mutual commerce ; Not one rational eye ; The empirical advantage ; Becoming an F.R.S. ; Us Americans -- The nature of candid friendship. Familiar letters ; The honest friend versus the fop ; Curious love ; Gifts -- Lavinia's nature. Fatal curiosity ; A peculiar grace in the fair sex ; Specimens by every shipping ; Finding signs of the pastoral -- Indian sagacity. The most secret things of nature ; Dear and deadly grapes ; Contested mediation ; No people have better eyes ; A wonderful antidote -- African magi, slave poisoners. Topographies of slave knowledge ; Cunning ; Hiding places ; Collectors ; Poisoners ; Healers ; Obscene birds ; Forest trial, forest refuge. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797705403321 |
Parrish Susan Scott
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| Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American curiosity : cultures of natural history in the colonial British Atlantic world / / Susan Scott Parrish
| American curiosity : cultures of natural history in the colonial British Atlantic world / / Susan Scott Parrish |
| Autore | Parrish Susan Scott |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
| Disciplina | 508/.0973 |
| Collana | Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural history - United States - History
Science - Social aspects - United States - History Intercultural communication - United States - History Imperialism - History |
| ISBN |
979-88-908792-1-9
0-8078-5678-9 1-4696-0095-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The British metropolis and its "America," 1584-1763. A strange overplus ; Nature's admirable regularity ; London's curious -- English bodies in America. The English humoral body ; Contagious climates ; The English body saved ; Uncouth symptoms -- Atlantic correspondence networks and the curious male colonial. Mutual commerce ; Not one rational eye ; The empirical advantage ; Becoming an F.R.S. ; Us Americans -- The nature of candid friendship. Familiar letters ; The honest friend versus the fop ; Curious love ; Gifts -- Lavinia's nature. Fatal curiosity ; A peculiar grace in the fair sex ; Specimens by every shipping ; Finding signs of the pastoral -- Indian sagacity. The most secret things of nature ; Dear and deadly grapes ; Contested mediation ; No people have better eyes ; A wonderful antidote -- African magi, slave poisoners. Topographies of slave knowledge ; Cunning ; Hiding places ; Collectors ; Poisoners ; Healers ; Obscene birds ; Forest trial, forest refuge. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815308103321 |
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Parrish Susan Scott
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| Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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