{"product_id":"women-environment-and-networks-of-anna-winterbottom-9780228018865","title":"Women, Environment, and Networks of Empire: Elizabeth Gwillim and Mary Symonds in Madras","description":"\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Gwillim (1763-1807) and her sister Mary Symonds (1772-1854) produced over two hundred watercolours depicting birds, fish, flowers, people, and landscapes around Madras (now Chennai). The sisters' detailed letters fill four large volumes in the British Library; their artwork is in the Blacker Wood Natural History Collection of McGill University Library in Canada and in the South Asia Collection in Britain. The first book about their work and lives, \u003ci\u003eWomen, Environment, and Networks of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e asks what these materials reveal about nature, society, and environment in early nineteenth-century South India. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGwillim and Symonds left for India in 1801, following the appointment of Elizabeth's husband, Henry Gwillim, to the Supreme Court of Madras. Their paintings document, on one hand, the rapidly expanding colonial city of Madras and its population and, on the other, the natural environment and wildlife of the city. Gwillim's paintings of birds are remarkable for their detail, naturalism, and accuracy. In their studies of natural history, Gwillim and Symonds relied on the expertise of Indian bird-catchers, fishermen, physicians, artists, and translators, contributing to a unique intersection of European and Asian natural knowledge. The sisters' extensive correspondence demonstrates how women shaped networks of trade and scholarship through exchanges of plants, books, textiles, and foods. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWomen, Environment, and Networks of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e an interdisciplinary group of scholars use the paintings and writings of Elizabeth Gwillim and Mary Symonds to explore natural history, the changing environment, colonialism, and women's lives at the turn of the nineteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anna Winterbottom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0228018862\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780228018865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McGill-Queen's University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 7.60w x 1.30d","brand":"Anna Winterbottom","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48998552535295,"sku":"9780228018865","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/women-environment-and-networks-of-anna-winterbottom-9780228018865","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}