Wissensraume im Wandel: Eine Geschichte der deutsch-franzoesischen Tabakforschung (1780-1870)

The present study examines the importance of regional, national and global spaces for the genesis of agricultural science tobacco research during the saddle season. Tobacco cultivation has expanded in Europe since the wars of independence in North America and the Napoleonic era. The book focuses on agricultural experts from the German-French context who transferred agricultural reform knowledge to the requirements of the tobacco plant. While historians particularly emphasize the importance of the nationalization of science for the period examined, this study highlights the formative power of regional, cross-border knowledge spaces, which were increasingly embedded in global contexts in the mid-19th century.