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| Ch. 1 | The three Ss | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | The scientific Swede | 19 |
| Ch. 3 | The British botanist | 47 |
| Ch. 4 | Exploration and exploitation | 70 |
| Ch. 5 | Exoticism and eroticism | 96 |
| Ch. 6 | Imperialism and institutions | 127 |
| Ch. 7 | Heroes and hemispheres | 153 |
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Renea Delhafen
reviewed Sex, Botany, and Empire: The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks on February 04, 2015
Sex, Botany, and Empire: The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks
Despite the subtitle, this has almost nothing about Linnaeus, except as background; it's basically an anecdotal mini-biography of Joseph Banks, heavy on gossip about his sex life and editorializing. The book reads more like an extended article from a popular history magazine than a serious biography. It gives no idea of why he was considered a great botanist, or what he accomplished as president of the Royal Society. There is a short chapter on his trip with Cook, which is of some interest. I think you could learn more about Banks from a Wikipedia article than from this book.
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Add Sex, Botany, and Empire: The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks, Enlightenment botany was replete with sexual symbolism -- to the extent that many botanical textbooks were widely considered pornographic. Carl Linnaeus's controversial new system for classifying plants based on their sexual characteristics, as well as hi, Sex, Botany, and Empire: The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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Add Sex, Botany, and Empire: The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks, Enlightenment botany was replete with sexual symbolism -- to the extent that many botanical textbooks were widely considered pornographic. Carl Linnaeus's controversial new system for classifying plants based on their sexual characteristics, as well as hi, Sex, Botany, and Empire: The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks to your collection on WonderClub |
