Cataloging Nature

Standardizing Fruit Varieties in the United States, 1800–1860

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9621327
AutoresEmily Pawley (autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Volume90
Fascículo3
Páginas405-429
Data de publicação2016-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Business History Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0007680516000726
OpenAlexW2549223005
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas37

The forests and fields of the early American republic teemed with individually varying seedling fruit trees. American nurserymen stabilized both this chaotic landscape and their trade by promoting named fruit “varieties” gleaned from domestic orchards and from a global network of botanical gardens. Developing strategies to regulate the production of names and descriptions, they altered both texts and organisms, replacing a profusion of “wild” trees with a negotiated list of “named varieties.” Examining this process reveals intersections between commercial and scientific credibility and illuminates the alternative business forms built around living goods

Cataloging · Credibility · Geography · Library science · Political science · American History and Culture · Archaeology and Natural History · Computer Science · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Law