Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Dedication vii
3. Contents ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Itinerant Empire 11
7. 2. In a Land of Death 42
8. 3. Romanticism and Improvement 74
9. 4. From the Orient to the Tropics 110
10. 5. Networks and Knowledges 147
11. 6. Botany and the Bounds of Empire 185
12. Conclusion 225
13. Notes 233
14. Bibliography 267
15. Index 289
16. Library of Congress Cataloging-In-Publication Data 299