All Creatures : Naturalists, Collectors, and Biodiversity, 1850-1950 /

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"Here a historian of science tells the story of the modern discovery of biodiversity. Robert Kohler argues that the work begun by Linnaeus culminated around 1900, when collecting and inventory were organized on a grand scale in natural history surveys. Supported by governments, museums, and uni...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kohler, Robert E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Princeton University Press, [2006]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Animal > 2017 > Bildband
Biodiversität.
Sammler.
Naturwissenschaftler.
Naturkundliche Sammlung.
Taxonomie.
Tiere.
Pflanzen.
Verzamelingen.
Naturalisme.
Natuurlijke historie.
Tiere
Biodiversität
Sammler
Naturwissenschaftler
Naturkundliche Sammlung
Taxonomie
Pflanzen
Natural history.
SCIENCE > History.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
NATURE > Reference.
NATURE > Essays.
Biological specimens > Collectors and collecting > History.
Natural history > History.
Nordamerika.
Nordamerika
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Here a historian of science tells the story of the modern discovery of biodiversity. Robert Kohler argues that the work begun by Linnaeus culminated around 1900, when collecting and inventory were organized on a grand scale in natural history surveys. Supported by governments, museums, and universities, biologists launched hundreds of collecting expeditions to every corner of the world. Kohler conveys to readers the experience and feel of expeditionary travel: the customs and rhythms of collectors' daily work, and its special pleasures and pains."--Jacket.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (384 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400849710

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