"Good observers of nature" [electronic resource] : American women and the scientific study of the natural world, 1820-1885 / Tina Gianquitto.
2007
QH26 .G53 2007eb
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"Good observers of nature" [electronic resource] : American women and the scientific study of the natural world, 1820-1885 / Tina Gianquitto.
Author
Gianquitto, Tina.
ISBN
9780820329185 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0820329185 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780820329192 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0820329193 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780820336558
0820329185 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780820329192 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0820329193 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780820336558
Imprint
Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2007.
Language
English
Description
xii, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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QH26 .G53 2007eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
508.092/273
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-211) and index.
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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.
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.