An empire transformed : remolding bodies and landscapes in the Restoration Atlantic

An empire transformed : remolding bodies and landscapes in the Restoration Atlantic / Kate Luce Mulry.

Author/creator	Mulry, Kate Luce author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : New York University Press, [2021]
Description	361 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Public health--Great Britain --History --17th century. Environmental policy--Great Britain --History --17th century. Great Britain--History --Restoration, 1660-1688. Great Britain--Politics and government --1660-1688. Great Britain--Social conditions --17th century. Great Britain--Environmental conditions. Great Britain--Colonies --America --Administration. New York (State)--History --Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Jamaica--History --17th century.

Series	Early American places Early American places. ^A1092967
Partial contents	1. Sinful, sick, and misbehaving bodies: fires, putrid smoke, and pestilence in London -- 2. Taming fenland bodies: draining a wilderness of water -- 3. Bodies of water: the administration of nature and the nature of administration in the Proprietary Colony of New York -- 4. The body improved: agriculture, food, and population size -- 5. Naturalized bodies: transplanting people and plants in the King's Two Gardens.
Abstract	""An Empire Transformed" explores bodies and landscapes in Restoration Atlantic"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Mulry, Kate Luce, An empire transformed New York : New York University Press, [2021] 9781479879649
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2020015053
ISBN	9781479895267
ISBN	1479895261 hardcover
ISBN	electronic book
ISBN	electronic book

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