Reading the World. British Practices of Natural History, 1760-1820, Paperback

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries—a period that marked the emergence of a global modernity—educated landowners, or “gentlemen,” dominated the development of British natural history, utilizing networks of trade and empire to inventory nature and understand events across the world.

• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Author(s): Edwin David Rose
• Illustration(s): 62 b&w illustrations and 10 color plates
• Number of pages: 408
• Publication date: 2025
• Dimensions: 229 x 153 x 23
• Cover type: Paperback / softback