The late eighteenth century and subsequent Napoleonic Era witnessed a turning point in the establishment of agricultural science as a well-defined discipline in northern Italy. In this book, Martino Lorenzo Fagnani traces these developments by reviewing the correspondence of naturalists and agriculturists as well as the research plans of universities, academies, societies, institutes, and governments. He explores the establishment of a broad knowledge network encompassing all of Europe while also investigating the reasons behind the exchange of seeds, the establishment of spaces for experimentation such as scientific gardens and experimental fields, and the organization of specialized journals and monographs. This work represents an important contribution to the historiography of Italian agricultural science, filling a significant gap in our knowledge of related developments.
Author(s): Martino Lorenzo Fagnani
Series: Italian and Italian American Studies
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 296
City: Cham
Acknowledgments
Chronological Table of the Main Political and Institutional Events Referenced in the Book
Contents
Abbreviations
Archives
Texts
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
1.1 State of the Art
1.2 Structure of the Book
Notes
2 Institutions and State Policies
2.1 Scientific and Institutional Framework
2.2 Dissertations, Journals, and Monographs
2.3 The Academy of Mantua: Innovation, Difficulty, and Resilience
Notes
3 Knowledge Network
3.1 Allochthonous Plants, a Controversial Resource
3.2 Contacts with France: André Thouin and the Paris Botanical Garden
3.3 Contacts with Spain: The Cavanilles-Nocca-Re Network
Notes
4 Experimentation
4.1 Experimentation Spaces
4.2 Cereal Growing
4.3 Oil and Sugar
Notes
5 Didactics
5.1 Training Paths of Professional Agriculturists
5.2 The Organization of University Agricultural Courses
5.3 Looking at the European Restoration
Notes
6 Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index
