TY  - BOOK
N2  - Capturing the essence of the origin and evolution of the so-called "degeneracy debates," over whether the flora and fauna of America (including Native Americans) were naturally weaker and feebler than species elsewhere in the world, this book chronicles Thomas Jefferson's efforts to counter French conceptions of American degeneracy, culminating in his sending of a stuffed moose to Buffon.
AB  - Capturing the essence of the origin and evolution of the so-called "degeneracy debates," over whether the flora and fauna of America (including Native Americans) were naturally weaker and feebler than species elsewhere in the world, this book chronicles Thomas Jefferson's efforts to counter French conceptions of American degeneracy, culminating in his sending of a stuffed moose to Buffon.
T1  - Mr. Jefferson and the giant moose :natural history in early America /
DA  - 2009.
CY  - Chicago ;
CY  - London :
AU  - Dugatkin, Lee Alan,
CN  - QH528
CN  - QH528
PB  - The University of Chicago Press,
PP  - Chicago ;
PP  - London :
PY  - 2009.
ID  - 716528
KW  - Degeneration
KW  - Human beings
KW  - Life sciences
SN  - 9780226169149
SN  - 0226169146
TI  - Mr. Jefferson and the giant moose :natural history in early America /
ER  -