{"product_id":"the-victorians-a-botanical-perspective-9783031687617","title":"The Victorians: A Botanical Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Luís Manuel Mendonça de Carvalho\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Victorians: A Botanical Perspective, Volume 1 offers a unique re-evaluation of the Victorian Age and presents a new historiography based on plants. It examines the use of gutta-percha in the development of electrical measurements; provides a detailed history of cocoa and the forced labor in the São Tomé and Príncipe Islands; explores the beauty, imagination, and order of William and May Morris' flowers; uncovers the world of Charles Darwin and the Victorian Botany Culture; highlights the crucial role of the Wardian Case in the global transport of plants; reveals the connection between Mid-Victorian Botany and Microscopy; offers glimpses of the colonial collections at the 1862 London Exhibition; explains how botany was connected with the development of photography; evokes the desire for a return to Nature and a simple life; and, finally, takes us on a journey through the history of violets.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47658139549847,"sku":"9783031687617","price":12009.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783031687617.webp?v=1775817296","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-victorians-a-botanical-perspective-9783031687617","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}