- Title
- Introduction: Plants and Culture during the Enlightenment
- Creator
- Milam, Jennifer; Van Dyk, Garritt
- Relation
- A Cultural History of Plants in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries p. 1-24
- Relation
- The Cultural Histories Series 4
- Relation
- https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/cultural-history-of-plants-9781474273596/
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- This volume, the fourth in the series, considers the role of plants as they intersect with imperial power and empirical philosophy during the Enlightenment. While the Enlightenment was not a global movement, the ideas that developed during this period impacted many parts of the world through exploration, trade, and colonization. Framed by the beginning of the seventeenth century with the rise of absolute monarchies in Europe and the decades of revolution at the end of the eighteenth century, the Enlightenment was a transformative period in history that established new norms of understanding and behavior. Outside of Europe, powerful dynasties in the Ottoman Empire, Mughal India, and Imperial China continued to rule large portions of the globe. The intensification of international commerce demanded diplomatic relationships and promoted cultural traffic between Europe and Asia. Voyages of exploration expanded European knowledge of North America and the southern hemisphere. Commerce and exploration increased the opportunities for contact and exchange. Ultimately, the circulation of goods and ideas made the world a much smaller place.
- Subject
- plants; cultural traffic; Enlightenment; international commerce
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1468744
- Identifier
- uon:48091
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781474273596
- Language
- eng
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