{"product_id":"9783031687617","title":"The Victorians: A Botanical Perspective: Volume 1","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Victorians: A Botanical Perspective: Volume 1\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eMendonça de Carvalho, Luís Manuel\u003c\/h2\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 \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2025-09-30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783031687617\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-031-68759-4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235.0cm x155.0cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 273.0\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44720609427596,"sku":"9783031687617","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031687617.jpg?v=1761661487","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783031687617","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}