An Empire Transformed : : Remolding Bodies and Landscapes in the Restoration Atlantic / / Kate Luce Mulry.
Examines the efforts to bring political order to the English empire through projects of environmental improvementWhen Charles II ascended the English throne in 1660 after two decades of civil war, he was confronted with domestic disarray and a sprawling empire in chaos. His government sought to asse...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American Places ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 17 b/w illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Sinful, Sick, and Misbehaving Bodies: Fires, Smoke, and Pestilence in London
- 2 Taming Fenland Bodies: Draining a Wilderness of Water
- 3 Bodies of Water: The Administration of Nature and the Nature of Administration in the Proprietary Colony of New York
- 4 Improving the Body: Agriculture, Food, and Population Size
- 5 Naturalizing Bodies: Transplanting People and Plants to Jamaica
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author