{"product_id":"tropical-visions-in-an-age-felix-driver-9780226164724","title":"Tropical Visions in an Age of Empire","description":"The contrast between the temperate and the tropical is one of the most enduring themes in the history of the Western geographical imagination. Caught between the demands of experience and representation, documentation and fantasy, travelers in the tropics have often treated tropical nature as a foil to the temperate, to all that is civilized, modest, and enlightened. \u003ci\u003eTropical Visions in an Age of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e explores images of the tropical world--maps, paintings, botanical drawings, photographs, diagrams, and texts--produced by European and American travelers over the past three centuries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing together a group of distinguished contributors from disciplines across the arts and humanities, this volume contains eleven beautifully illustrated essays--arranged in three sections devoted to voyages, mappings, and sites--that consider the ways that tropical places were encountered, experienced, and represented in visual form. Covering a wide range of tropical sites in the Pacific, South Asia, West Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America, the book will appeal to a broad readership: scholars of postcolonial studies, art history, literature, imperial history, history of science, geography, and anthropology. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Felix Driver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226164721\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226164724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.12w x 0.73d","brand":"Felix Driver","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447599116543,"sku":"9780226164724","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ea319ac7-135d-4555-b7c6-e8b64b8522f6.jpg?v=1777233763","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tropical-visions-in-an-age-felix-driver-9780226164724","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}