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Possessing nature: museums, collecting, and scientific culture in early modern Italy
Paula Findlen
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgments (page xi)
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Abbreviations (page xv)
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Photo Credits (page xvii)
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Introduction (page 1)
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PART I - LOCATING THE MUSEUM
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1. "A World of Wonders in One Closet Shut" (page 17)
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2. Searching for Paradigms (page 48)
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3. Sites of Knowledge (page 97)
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PART II - LABORATORIES OF NATURE
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4. Pilgrimages of Science (page 155)
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5. Fare Esperienza (page 194)
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6. Museums of Medicine (page 241)
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PART III - ECONOMIES OF EXCHANGE
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7. Inventing the Collector (page 293)
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8. Patrons, Brokers, and Strategies (page 346)
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Epilogue: The Old and the New (page 393)
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Bibliography (page 409)
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Index (page 433)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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SCJ | 27.3 (Autumn. 1996): 937-938 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2544110 |
JMH | 68.4 (Dec. 1996): 1006-1008 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2946749 |
AHR | 101.1 (Feb. 1996): 203-204 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2169309 |
ISIS | 86.3 (Sep. 1995): 488-489 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/235052 |
BM | 138.115 (Feb. 1996): 136 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/886747 |
ENHR | 111..445 (Feb. 1997): 193-194 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/578563 |
JHI | 57.4 (Oct. 1996): 725-742 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3654090 |
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Published: 1996
Publisher: University of California Press
- 9780520205086 (paper)
- 9780520073340 (hardcover)
- 9780520917781 (ebook)