Macleay's Choice: Transacting the Natural History Trade in the Nineteenth Century.

Ville, S; Wright, C; Philp, J

Macleay's Choice: Transacting the Natural History Trade in the Nineteenth Century.

Ville, S Wright, C

Philp, J

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Publisher:: SPRINGER
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: J Hist Biol, 2020, 53, (3), pp. 345-375
Issue Date:: 2020-09

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dc.contributor.author	Ville, S
dc.contributor.author	Wright, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4215-4169
dc.contributor.author	Philp, J
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-30T21:12:20Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-30T21:12:20Z
dc.date.issued	2020-09
dc.identifier.citation	J Hist Biol, 2020, 53, (3), pp. 345-375
dc.identifier.issn	0022-5010
dc.identifier.issn	1573-0387
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/162977
dc.description.abstract	Much of our knowledge about the nineteenth-century natural history boom resides with the collectors themselves and their collections. We know much less about the conduct of the global trade that made collecting possible. That such a trade occurred in the face of significant obstacles of distance, variable prices, inadequate information, and diverse agents makes our knowledge deficit the more significant. William John Macleay, based in Sydney, built his significant natural history collection by trading locally as well as across the globe. Our study of Macleay measures his complete set of trading transactions at a time of rapid expansion of his collection. It analyses how he chose between different forms of exchange and agreed fair value in order to complete long-distance specimen trading.
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dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	SPRINGER
dc.relation.ispartof	J Hist Biol
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dc.subject	2103 Historical Studies, 2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields
dc.subject.classification	History of Science, Technology & Medicine
dc.title	Macleay's Choice: Transacting the Natural History Trade in the Nineteenth Century.
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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Abstract:

Much of our knowledge about the nineteenth-century natural history boom resides with the collectors themselves and their collections. We know much less about the conduct of the global trade that made collecting possible. That such a trade occurred in the face of significant obstacles of distance, variable prices, inadequate information, and diverse agents makes our knowledge deficit the more significant. William John Macleay, based in Sydney, built his significant natural history collection by trading locally as well as across the globe. Our study of Macleay measures his complete set of trading transactions at a time of rapid expansion of his collection. It analyses how he chose between different forms of exchange and agreed fair value in order to complete long-distance specimen trading.

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