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Rooted in place : botany, indigeneity, and art in the construction of Mexican nature, 1570-1914 / Rick A. López.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Latin American landscapesPublisher: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2025Copyright date: ©2025Description: x, 296 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0816555648
  • 9780816555642
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QK21.M49 L67 2025
Summary: "Rooted in Place traces historical transformations in the relationship between nature and imagined communities across three-interlinked moments in the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the late-nineteenth century in Mexico. It is the first major study of the relationship between understandings of nature and the creation of structures of rule within Mexico. The book intentionally weaves between environmental history, history of science, visual culture, and political history"-- Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: New to the Library February 2026

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-283) and index.

"Rooted in Place traces historical transformations in the relationship between nature and imagined communities across three-interlinked moments in the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the late-nineteenth century in Mexico. It is the first major study of the relationship between understandings of nature and the creation of structures of rule within Mexico. The book intentionally weaves between environmental history, history of science, visual culture, and political history"-- Provided by publisher.

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