"Good observers of nature" : American women and the scientific study of the natural world, 1820-1885 /

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"In 'Good Observers of Nature' Tina Gianquitto examines nineteenth-century American women's intellectual and aesthetic experiences of nature and the linguistic, perceptual, and scientific systems that were available to women to describe those experiences. Many women writers of th...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gianquitto, Tina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
1800-1899
Women naturalists > United States > History > 19th century.
Women botanists > United States > History > 19th century.
Natural history > United States > 19th century.
Nature in literature > History > 19th century.
Botany in literature > History > 19th century.
Natural history.
Natural History
Women > history
History, 19th Century
Femmes naturalistes > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes botanistes > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Sciences naturelles > États-Unis > 19e siècle.
Nature dans la littérature > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Botanique dans la littérature > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Sciences naturelles.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
natural sciences.
NATURE > Essays.
NATURE > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Women Authors.
Botany in literature
Natural history
Nature in literature
Women botanists
Women naturalists
Naturwissenschaftlerin
Frau > Naturwissenschaften > USA > Geschichte 19. Jh.
Naturwissenschaften > Frau > USA > Geschichte 19. Jh.
Botanikerin > USA > Geschichte 19. Jh.
Frauenliteratur > amerikanische > Naturwissenschaften > Geschichte 19. Jh.
Naturwissenschaften > Frauenliteratur > amerikanische > Geschichte 19. Jh.
Naturwissenschaftlerin.
United States
USA
USA.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. The languages of nature : an overview
  • Botany's beautiful arrangement : Almira Phelps and Enlightenment science
  • The pressure of hidden causes : Margaret Fuller and Romantic science
  • The noble designs of nature : Susan Fenimore Cooper, natural science, and the picturesque aesthetic
  • Spiders, ants, and carnivorous plants : Mary Treat and evolutionary science
  • Epilogue. Human homes in nature's household : the emergence of a conservation ethic.

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