Sophie Brockmann

Science of Useful Nature in Central America (eBook, PDF)

Landscapes, Networks and Practical Enlightenment, 1784-1838

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Produktbeschreibung

In this ambitious new study, Sophie Brockmann argues that interactions with landscape and environment were central to the construction of Central American identities in the Age of Enlightenment. She argues that new intellectual connections and novel ways of understanding landscapes had a transformative impact on political culture, as patriotic reformers sought to improve the region's fortunes by applying scientific and 'useful' knowledge gathered from local and global networks to the land. These reformers established networks that extended into the countryside and far beyond Central America's borders. Tracing these networks and following the bureaucrats, priests, labourers, merchants and scholars within them, Brockmann shows how they made a lasting impact by defining a new place for the natural world in narratives of nation and progress.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108373111
• Artikelnr.: 66178504

Autorenporträt

Sophie Brockmann is a senior lecturer in History at De Montfort University, Leicester.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. A kingdom of vast extension
1. Landscape, ruins, and governance
2. Networks of knowledge and action
3. Making enlightenment local
4. Useful geography in practice
5. Transforming environments
6. Independence and useful nature
Conclusions
Glossary of colonial administrative terms
Bibliography
Index.