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

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Autore principale: Gianquitto, Tina
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Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2007.
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Sommario:
  • 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.