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Nature, Culture, and Race in Colonial Cuba
Nature, Culture, and Power in Colonial Cuba
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English
Published/Copyright:
2024
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A new and necessary examination of how nineteenth-century Cuban white elites viewed the natural world, material culture, and political power as intertwined
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Lee Sessions is an art historian and permanent collections associate curator at El Museo del Barrio. He previously held positions at the Yale Center for British Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Lohin Geduld Gallery. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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1. “In Order to Dominate It”: The Botanical Garden of Havana
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2. “The Peculiar Circumstances of Cuba”: Public Space, Museums, and Exhibitions
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3. “The Novelty of the Productions of the Island of Cuba”: Natural History Illustration
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4. “Make Known the Island of Cuba”: Images of the Landscape in and Around Havana
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5. What Do the Political and Ecological Layers Mean?
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Notes
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Index
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June 18, 2024
eBook ISBN:
9780300277685
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
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224
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10 color + 35 b-w illus.
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