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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gianquitto, Tina
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2007.
Subjects:	Women naturalists > United States > History > 19th century. Women botanists > United States > History > 19th century. Natural history > United States > History > 19th century. Nature in literature > United States > History > 19th century. Botany in literature > United States > History > 19th century. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

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.