Table of Contents

Table of Contents - 8 Acknowledgments - 10 Introduction: The Nation and Nature in Middle-Class Culture - 12 Chapter 1: Structuring a New Generation’s Scientific Society - 22 Chapter 2: Private Science and the Public Interest - 36 Chapter 3: Internationalizing Nationalist Science - 60 Chapter 4: Science Joins Cultural Life - 92 Conclusion: Science, Colonial Expansion, and National Identity - 126 Appendix: Members of the Artis Board of Directors, 1838-1870 - 132 Notes - 138 List of Illustrations and Color Plates - 174 Bibliography - 178 Index - 202 Color Plates - 210

About the Author

Donna C. Mehos is a senior researcher at the Technical University of Eindhoven.