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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Received this query from a professor currently teaching a History of Science course.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">“A student had question about the history of “invasive species”, in particular about sources on the history of “invasive
species” in Europe and North America, and the history of the concept itself—when did botanists first conceptualize species in this way.
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Class was discussing Kew Gardens and the Linnaean Garden as sites of scientific investigation of foreign plants
during the 18th century, and a student asked if invasive species were a concern at the time.
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">While I have found some very interesting historical and social science material about the language of invasive,
I have had a hard time finding authoritative texts about it; and hoped you might be able to point me in the right direction.”<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> Any help will be greatly appreciated.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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