Inventing Canada : Early Victorian Science and the Idea of a Transcontinental Nation /

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Tapping a wide range of archival and published sources, Suzanne Zeller documents the place of Victorian science in British North American thought and society during the era of Confederation.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Zeller, Suzanne Elizabeth, 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1987.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Nationalisme > Canada > Histoire.
Sciences > Canada > Histoire.
Science > Societies, etc.
Science.
Nationalism.
HISTORY > Canada > Pre-Confederation (to 1867)
SCIENCE > History.
Sciences > Canada > Associations > Histoire.
Nationalism > Canada > History.
Science > Canada > Societies, etc. > History.
Science > Canada > History.
Canada.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; Part I Geology; 1 Exposing the Strata; 2 Montreal Masonry; 3 Logan's Geological Inventory: 'Construction and Extension,' 1842-1850; 4 'Grandeur and Historical Renown,' 1851-1856; 5 'Permanence,' 1857-1869; Part II Terrestrial Magnetism and Meteorology; 6 The Spirit of the Method; 7 Mutual Attractions, 1845-1850; 8 Science as a Cultural Adhesive, 1850-1853; 9 Encompassing the North; Part III Botany; 10 Adventitious Roots; 11 The Metamorphosed Leaf; 12 Fragile Stems, 1857-1863; 13 Flower and Fruit: The Nation as Variation; CONCLUSION; NOTES; NOTE ON SOURCES; INDEX

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