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Title: | When commerce, science, and leisure collaborated: the nineteenth-century global trade boom in natural history collections | Contributor(s): | Coote, Anne (author) ; Haynes, Alison (author); Philp, Jude (author); Ville, Simon (author) | Publication Date: | 2017 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.1017/s1740022817000171 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22560 | Open Access Link: | http://ro.uow.edu.au/lhapapers/3221/ | Abstract: | Natural history products formed an important, but little studied, component of the globalization of trade in the mid nineteenth century. The trade, specifically in zoology, occurred in the face of considerable challenges. It penetrated some of the more remote areas of the globe; its products were heterogeneous and difficult to price; and exchange occurred among scientists, commercial traders, and collectors, each of whom had their own particular practices and mores. This article charts the dimensions of this trade and offers explanations about the ways in which its complexities were addressed through major developments in taxidermy, taxonomy, transport and business logistics, alternative forms of exchange, and trust-based networks. More broadly, our work speaks to current developments in global history, imperial networks, and the history of scientific collecting. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Journal of Global History, 12(3), p. 319-339 | Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1740-0236 1740-0228 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 210399 Historical Studies not elsewhere classified | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 500201 History and philosophy of engineering and technology | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology 970114 Expanding Knowledge in Economics |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280113 Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology 280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studies 280108 Expanding knowledge in economics |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
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