Drayton, Richard Harry.

Nature's government : science, imperial Britain, and the 'Improvement' of the World / Richard Drayton. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2000. - xxi, 346 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-326) and index.

0300059760 (alk. paper)

99059158


Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew--History.


Botany, Economic--Political aspects--Great Britain.
Botany--History.--Great Britain
Imperialism--History.


Great Britain--History--18th century.
Great Britain--History--19th century.

DA470 / .D73 2000

325.341009033