Orchid: a cultural history
- Submitting institution
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University of Sussex
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 198879_57889
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- ISBN
- 9780226376325
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- Orchid: a cultural history rewrites key aspects of the histories of science, empire and globalisation as the story of a family of plants. A wide range of archival and print sources were used in the UK (especially at Cambridge University Library and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), supplemented by extensive use of online materials. The research was supported by a 12-month British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship. The book uses myth, literature, genre fiction and film to complement conventional history of science sources, such as Darwin’s correspondence and publications, to offer a radical rethink of the cultural and scientific significance of plants.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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