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Sex, Botany and Empire by Patricia Fara [rare books]

Sex, Botany and Empire by Patricia Fara [rare books]

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This compelling work examines the intertwined legacies of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks during the Enlightenment, revealing how the science of botany was driven by more than academic curiosity. Linnaeus developed a sexual classification system for plants that sparked moral controversy, while Banks used botanical enterprise—and even scandalous episodes like his escapades in Tahiti—to advance British imperial expansion . Fara illustrates how botany was a dual tool: to catalogue nature and to colonize it. Linnaeus’s disciples collected specimens to enrich Sweden’s economy and taxonomic legacy, while Banks, as President of the Royal Society, embedded scientific infrastructure into Britain’s colonial machinery—supporting endeavors like tea cultivation in India and the botanical conquest of territories . With a sharp, engaging prose style grounded in rich historical detail, Fara makes clear that botanical science was inherently political—and often sexual—in its methods and motivations.

About the Author — 
Patricia Fara is a British historian and Emerita Fellow at Clare College, Cambridge, specializing in the history of science . With a doctorate earned at Imperial College London and a background as a former physics teacher, she has authored several acclaimed works—including Newton: The Making of Genius and An Entertainment for Angels . She also served as President of the British Society for the History of Science and has been featured on BBC Radio 4. Her work often explores the cultural, gendered, and political dimensions of Enlightenment science, making Sex, Botany and Empire a fitting exploration of how botanical knowledge and imperialism were deeply intertwined

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