The Letters of Dominique Chaix, Botanist-Cure (Hardcover)

This publication comprises the 170 letters written by the Abbe Dominique Chaix to Dr Dominique Villars between 1772 and 1799, when they were collaborating on the publication of the first flora for the old province of Dauphine. The letters reveal the uncertainties of plant classification in the late-18th century, but, more generally, the penetration of the Enlightenment into a remote, alpine region of France. Both botanists were of recent peasant origin, invading, albeit deferentially, an intellectual field, traditionally the monopoly of their social betters. The letters also document the enthusiasms, anxieties, and perils of rural clerical life during the French Revolution, and give occasional evidence about the deforestation of the mountains.

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Archives Internationales D'histoire Des Idees./International Archives of the History of Ideas, v.151
Release date:	July 1997
First published:	July 1997
Authors:	Roger L. Williams
Dimensions:	230mm (L)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	308
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-4615-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > General
LSN:	0-7923-4615-7
Barcode:	9780792346159

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