Planting a City in the Tropical Andes - Plants and People in Bogotá, 1880 to 1920

This book reveals how the 19th Century modernisation of Bogotá led to a transformation in the social role of plants - showing how this city located in the high altitudes of the tropical Andes turned into a 'floristic island' formed by native, introduce, wild and cultivated plants.

List of contents

1. The Genesis of Bogotá’s Mixed Flora 2. Urban Spaces, Cultivated Plants and People 3. The ‘invisible’ Flora 4. From colonial squares to hygienic gardens 5. The gardeners 6. The plants 7. New and disciplined relationships with Plants 8. A treeless and desolate land 9. The alamedas and the liberty tree 10. Eucalyptus: the all-purpose tree

About the author

Diego Molina is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is a botanist who turned to historical geography to understand the changing relationships between people and plants. Before becoming a British Academy Fellow at the RHUL, he was a Rachel Carson Fellow in Munich.

Summary

This book reveals how the 19th Century modernisation of Bogotá led to a transformation in the social role of plants – showing how this city located in the high altitudes of the tropical Andes turned into a ‘floristic island’ formed by native, introduce, wild and cultivated plants.

Product details

• Authors: Diego Molina
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.09.2024
• EAN: 9781032076560
• ISBN: 978-1-032-07656-0
• No. of pages: 248
• Weight: 616 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Research on Gardens in History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Colombia, SCIENCE / History, 20th Century, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, c 1800 to c 1900, History of Science, Bogota, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Social and cultural history, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Botany & plant sciences, Urban communities, Botany and plant sciences, Gardens;Cities;Bogotá;Andes