Nature's colony : empire, nation and environment in the Singapore Botanic Gardens / Timothy P. Barnard.

Main entry:

Barnard, Timothy P., 1963- author.

Title & Author:

Nature's colony : empire, nation and environment in the Singapore Botanic Gardens / Timothy P. Barnard.

Publication:

Singapore : NUS Press, [2016]
©2016

Description:

xii, 287 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-278) and index.
1. Nature's colony -- 2. Creating a garden -- 3. Conservation and forests -- 4. A zoo in the gardens -- 5. The economic garden -- 6. Hortus Singapurensis -- 7. Improving on nature in the laboratory -- 8. The gardens in a garden city.
In English.

Summary:

"Positioning the Singapore Botanic Gardens alongside the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and gardens in India, Ceylon, Mauritius and the West Indies, this book tells the story of nature's colony -- a place wehre plants were collected, classified and cultivated to change our understanding of the region and the world.'-- back cover.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9789814722223
9814722227

Subject:

Botanic Gardens (Singapore) Influence.
Botanic Gardens (Singapore)
Botanical gardens Singapore History.
Botanical gardens Social aspects Singapore.
Botany, Economic Singapore.
Science and state Singapore.
Jardins botaniques Singapour Histoire.
Jardins botaniques Aspect social Singapour.
Botanique agricole Singapour.
Politique scientifique et technique Singapour.
Botanical gardens
Botany, Economic
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Science and state
Singapore

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 295796
Call No.: BIB 242191
Status: Available

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