Botany of Empire: Plant Worlds and the Scientific Legacies of Colonialism

"Provocative. . . The book challenges plant science to better see the ways in which it has been profoundly shaped by European colonialism and how imperial attitudes, theories and practices endure." * The Guardian * "Subramaniam's work arrives as a welcome tonic. . . . Botany of Empire is both a clarion call and an inspiration." * Los Angeles Review of Books * "The field of plant-humanities includes botany, taxonomy and plant evolution on the one hand, and literature, law and the arts on the other. Recent publications have covered botanical histories, imperialist plant-collecting fervor, queer botany, botanical art and Indigenous methodologies associated with botany, to name just a few. What comes as a huge relief is a book weaving together these interconnected tendrils, while also blooming with personal anecdotes and even fictional stories." * The Conversation * "Botany of Empire will prove to be a valuable read for scholars and students of critical plant studies, postcolonial ecocriticism, ecofeminism, queer ecology and indigenous studies." * South Asian Review *