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

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Hovedforfatter: Gianquitto, Tina
Institution som forfatter: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2007.
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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.
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • 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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