Review of The Culture of Nature in Britain, 1680-1860

The title of P. M. Harman's sweeping survey strongly recalls that of Keith Thomas's pioneering Man and the Natural World: Changing Attitudes in England, 1500-1800 (1983). And in a sense, the two books treat the same topic, although with large differences that cannot easily be attributed ei...

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Main Author: Ritvo, Harriet (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Humanities. History Section (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Chicago Press, 2012-08-07T20:54:18Z.
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