Brethren of the net : American entomology, 1840-1880 /

Sorensen asks how it came about that, within the span of forty years, the American entomological community developed from a few gentlemen naturalists with primary links to Europe to a thriving scientific community exercising world leadership in entomological science. He investigates the relationship...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sorensen, Willis Conner
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1995.
Colección:History of American science and technology series.
Temas:
Entomology > United States > History.
Entomologists > United States > History.
Entomologie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Entomologistes > États-Unis > Histoire.
NATURE > Animals > Insects & Spiders.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Entomology.
Entomologists.
Entomology.
Zoology.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Invertebrates & Protozoa.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Entomology in the American Context to 1840
  • 2. "A Few Literary Gentlemen": The Entomological Society of Pennsylvania, 1842-1853
  • 3. Of Cabinets and Collections
  • 4. Agricultural Entomologists and Institutions
  • 5. The Balance of Nature
  • 6. A Weevil, a Fly, a Bug, and a Beetle
  • 7. The Rocky Mountain Locust Plague
  • 8. Profile of the American Entomological Community About 1870
  • 9. Acceptance and Implications of Evolution
  • 10. William Henry Edwards and Polymorphism in Butterflies
  • 11. The Yucca Moth
  • 12. The Debate over Entomological Nomenclature
  • Appendix 1: Entomological Authors Cited in the Record of American Entomology
  • Appendix 2: Entomological Authors Cited in the Record of American Entomology Ranked According to Priority.

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