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)