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Author Barnard, Timothy P., 1963- author.

Title Nature's colony : empire, nation and environment in the Singapore Botanic Gardens / Timothy P. Barnard
Published Singapore : NUS Press, [2016]
©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 287 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Contents Half title page; Full title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 -- Nature's Colony; Chapter 2 -- Creating a Garden; Chapter 3 -- Conservation and Forests; Chapter 4 -- A Zoo in the Gardens; Chapter 5 -- The Economic Garden; Chapter 6 -- Hortus Singaporensis; Chapter 7 -- Improving on Nature in the Labratory; Chapter 8 -- The Gardens in a Garden City; Bibliography; Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-278) and index
Notes In English
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Subject Botanic Gardens (Singapore) -- Influence
Botanic Gardens (Singapore)
Botanical gardens -- Singapore -- History
Botanical gardens -- Social aspects -- Singapore
Botany, Economic -- Singapore
Science and state -- Singapore
HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia.
Botanical gardens
Botany, Economic
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Science and state
Singapore
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016326137
ISBN 9789813250338
981325033X