Good Observers of Nature : American Women and the Scientific Study of the Natural World, 1820-1885 /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gianquitto, Tina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Botany in literature > United States > History > 19th century.
Nature in literature > United States > History > 19th century.
Natural history > United States > History > 19th century.
Women botanists > United States > History > 19th century.
Women naturalists > United States > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
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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