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All Things Harmless, Useful, and Ornamental : Environmental Transformation Through Species Acclimatization, from Colonial Australia to the World by Pete Minard (2019, Trade Paperback)

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By focusing particularly on the Australian colony of Victoria, Minard reveals a global network of would-be acclimatizers, from Britain and France to Russia and the United States.

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PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press

ISBN-101469651610

ISBN-139781469651613

eBay Product ID (ePID)14033876005

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Book TitleAll Things Harmless, Useful, and Ornamental : Environmental Transformation Through Species Acclimatization, from Colonial Australia to the World

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicLife Sciences / Botany, Ecosystems & Habitats / General, Modern / 19th Century, Life Sciences / Biology, Australia & New Zealand, Life Sciences / Zoology / General

Publication Year2019

IllustratorYes

GenreNature, Science, History

AuthorPete Minard

Book SeriesFlows, Migrations, and Exchanges Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight11 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2019-005296

ReviewsMinard applies a whole field of new work in environmental history to questions long considered by the history of science in Australia, producing novel and more complex readings of topics that have occupied historians for decades."-- History Australia, [ All Things Harmless, Useful, and Ornamental ] both updates existing acclimatization narratives and opens up further areas of investigation. Acclimatization, Minard shows, deserves renewed and increased attention from historians of science, environment, and empire alike."-- H-Net Reviews, Minard applies a whole field of new work in environmental history to questions long considered by the history of science in Australia, producing novel and more complex readings of topics that have occupied historians for decades.-- History Australia, "Minard applies a whole field of new work in environmental history to questions long considered by the history of science in Australia, producing novel and more complex readings of topics that have occupied historians for decades."-- History Australia, A nicely balanced account of the efforts of the Colony of Victoria to acclimatise 'all things harmless, useful, and ornamental', from the gold rushes of the 1850s until the late nineteenth century. . . . [An] excellent book.-- Historical Records of Australian Science, "[ All Things Harmless, Useful, and Ornamental ] both updates existing acclimatization narratives and opens up further areas of investigation. Acclimatization, Minard shows, deserves renewed and increased attention from historians of science, environment, and empire alike."-- H-Net Reviews, A nicely balanced account of the efforts of the Colony of Victoria to acclimatise 'all things harmless, useful, and ornamental', from the gold rushes of the 1850s until the late nineteenth century. . . . [An] excellent book."-- Historical Records of Australian Science, [Minard's] study is especially strong on. . . . Placing Victorian acclimatization activities in the frame of environmental history and locating them within the contexts of the great city of Melbourne and the state of Victoria prior to their 1901 incorporation into the Commonwealth of Australia."-- Isis, "A nicely balanced account of the efforts of the Colony of Victoria to acclimatise 'all things harmless, useful, and ornamental', from the gold rushes of the 1850s until the late nineteenth century. . . . [An] excellent book."-- Historical Records of Australian Science, Tracing the development, dissemination and implementation of the ideas, ideologies and individuals behind Victorian acclimatization, and the conflicts between them, is the major contribution of this book."-- Agricultural History, "[Minard's] study is especially strong on. . . . Placing Victorian acclimatization activities in the frame of environmental history and locating them within the contexts of the great city of Melbourne and the state of Victoria prior to their 1901 incorporation into the Commonwealth of Australia."-- Isis, "Tracing the development, dissemination and implementation of the ideas, ideologies and individuals behind Victorian acclimatization, and the conflicts between them, is the major contribution of this book."-- Agricultural History, [ All Things Harmless, Useful, and Ornamental ] both updates existing acclimatization narratives and opens up further areas of investigation. Acclimatization, Minard shows, deserves renewed and increased attention from historians of science, environment, and empire alike.-- H-Net Reviews

SynopsisSpecies acclimatization ? the organized introduction of organisms to a new region ? is much maligned in the present day. However, colonization depended on moving people, plants, and animals from place to place, and in centuries past, scientists, landowners, and philanthropists formed acclimatization societies to study local species and conditions, form networks of supporters, and exchange supposedly useful local and exotic organisms across the globe. Pete Minard tells the story of this movement, arguing that the colonies, not the imperial centers, led the movement for species acclimatization. Far from attempting to re-create London or Paris, settlers sought to combine plants and animals to correct earlier environmental damage and to populate forests, farms, and streams to make them healthier and more productive. By focusing particularly on the Australian colony of Victoria, Minard reveals a global network of would-be acclimatizers, from Britain and France to Russia and the United States. Although the movement was short-lived, the long reach of nineteenth-century acclimatization societies continues to be felt today, from choked waterways to the uncontrollable expansion of European pests in former colonies., Colonization depended on moving people, plants, and animals from place to place, and in centuries past, scientists, landowners, and philanthropists formed acclimatization societies to study local species and conditions, form networks of supporters, and exchange organisms across the globe. Pete Minard tells the story of this movement., Species acclimatization -- the organized introduction of organisms to a new region -- is much maligned in the present day. However, colonization depended on moving people, plants, and animals from place to place, and in centuries past, scientists, landowners, and philanthropists formed acclimatization societies to study local species and conditions, form networks of supporters, and exchange supposedly useful local and exotic organisms across the globe.Pete Minard tells the story of this movement, arguing that the colonies, not the imperial centers, led the movement for species acclimatization. Far from attempting to re-create London or Paris, settlers sought to combine plants and animals to correct earlier environmental damage and to populate forests, farms, and streams to make them healthier and more productive. By focusing particularly on the Australian colony of Victoria, Minard reveals a global network of would-be acclimatizers, from Britain and France to Russia and the United States. Although the movement was short-lived, the long reach of nineteenth-century acclimatization societies continues to be felt today, from choked waterways to the uncontrollable expansion of European pests in former colonies., Species acclimatization--the organized introduction of organisms to a new region--is much maligned in the present day. However, colonization depended on moving people, plants, and animals from place to place, and in centuries past, scientists, landowners, and philanthropists formed acclimatization societies to study local species and conditions, form networks of supporters, and exchange supposedly useful local and exotic organisms across the globe. Pete Minard tells the story of this movement, arguing that the colonies, not the imperial centers, led the movement for species acclimatization. Far from attempting to re-create London or Paris, settlers sought to combine plants and animals to correct earlier environmental damage and to populate forests, farms, and streams to make them healthier and more productive. By focusing particularly on the Australian colony of Victoria, Minard reveals a global network of would-be acclimatizers, from Britain and France to Russia and the United States. Although the movement was short-lived, the long reach of nineteenth-century acclimatization societies continues to be felt today, from choked waterways to the uncontrollable expansion of European pests in former colonies.

LC Classification NumberQH353.M55 2019