About this title: In this title, the author reveals the sexual and racial tensions that helped create the peculiar, and pecuriarly durable, 18th-century explanation of nature.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. 0807089001 Former Library Copy. Library Markings, otherwise, Binding, Dustjacket, and Pages in excellent condition. Thanks for your business! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Beacon Pr
Date Published: 1993-11
ISBN-13:9780807089002ISBN:0807089001
Description: Very Good. Ex-library copy with typical markings and attachments, hardly checked out. Binding is tight and square. DJ(in mylar) is VG. Text is clean and bright. NICE! Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780807089002ISBN:0807089001
Description: Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0807089001 Resource 289 pages with index. b&w illustrations. This book shows how scientists, as privileged members of society, construct images and explanations of nature that reiforce their own and their culture's values. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Edition: First Edition-1st. Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780807089002ISBN:0807089001
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Copy has very minor pressure on the lower front corner tip, dj has slight rubbing. In a strikingly original analysis, the author shows how Carl Linnaeus, the celbrated father of modern taxonomy, chose the mammae as the distinguishing characteristic of a newly defined class, one that he went on to christen Mammalia. She makes an astonishing case for how his choice was informed by a particular moment in European sexual politics as much as by ... read more
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. TITLE: Nature's Body: Gender in the Making of Modern Science ( Hardcover / Dust Jacket ) /// Tight Binding, Light Cosmetic wear, edges and spine crisp, ** OLD RANCH BOOKS: A Family Brick & Mortar Bookstore ** read more
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly imported from the UK using International Priority Airmail. Delivery is typically 5-10 working days. Please do not select expedited shipping. Heavier and more expensive items have tracking number. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). Eighteenth-century natural historians created a peculiar, and peculiarly durable, vision of nature--one that embodied the sexual and racial tensions of that era. When plants were found to reproduce sexually, ... read more
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