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Frontiers of science : imperialism and natural knowledge in the Gulf South borderlands, 1500-1850 /

'Frontiers of Science' takes American scientific thought and discoveries away from the learned societies, museums, and teaching halls of the Northeast and puts the production of knowledge about the natural world in the context of competing empires and an expanding republic in the Gulf Sout...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Strang, Cameron B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Williamsburg, Virginia : Chapel Hill : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:'Frontiers of Science' takes American scientific thought and discoveries away from the learned societies, museums, and teaching halls of the Northeast and puts the production of knowledge about the natural world in the context of competing empires and an expanding republic in the Gulf South.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 357 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469640488
1469640481
9781469640495
146964049X