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Good Observers of Nature : American Women and the Scientific Study of the Natural World, 1820-1885.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (231 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780820336558
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Good Observers of NatureDDC classification:
  • 508.092/273
LOC classification:
  • QH26 -- .G53 2007eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The Languages of Nature: An Overview -- 1. Botany's Beautiful Arrangement: Almira Phelps and Enlightenment Science -- 2. The Pressure of Hidden Causes: Margaret Fuller and Romantic Science -- 3. The Noble Designs of Nature: Susan Fenimore Cooper, Natural Science, and the Picturesque Aesthetic -- 4. Spiders, Ants, and Carnivorous Plants: Mary Treat and Evolutionary Science -- Epilogue. Human Homes in Nature's Household: The Emergence of a Conservation Ethic -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The Languages of Nature: An Overview -- 1. Botany's Beautiful Arrangement: Almira Phelps and Enlightenment Science -- 2. The Pressure of Hidden Causes: Margaret Fuller and Romantic Science -- 3. The Noble Designs of Nature: Susan Fenimore Cooper, Natural Science, and the Picturesque Aesthetic -- 4. Spiders, Ants, and Carnivorous Plants: Mary Treat and Evolutionary Science -- Epilogue. Human Homes in Nature's Household: The Emergence of a Conservation Ethic -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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