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Notes from the Ground : Science, Soil, and Society in the American Countryside.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Yale Agrarian Studies SeriesPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (286 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300154924
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Notes from the GroundDDC classification:
  • 631.497309034
LOC classification:
  • S590.73.U6C63 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I: THE PLACE OF SCIENCE -- 1 Distinguishing the Georgic -- 2 ''The Science of Agriculture and Book Farming'': Homespun Virtue, Dandy Vice, and the Credibility of ''Chimical Men'' in Rural America -- 3 Knowing Nature, Dabbling with Davy -- PART II: THE SCIENCE OF PLACE -- 4 The Agricultural Society, the Planter, and the Slave: Producing Scientific Views of Virginia County Lands -- 5 The Geological Survey, the Professor, and His Assistants: Producing Scientific Views of the State of Virginia -- 6 Agriculture, Ethics, and the Future of Georgic Science -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I: THE PLACE OF SCIENCE -- 1 Distinguishing the Georgic -- 2 ''The Science of Agriculture and Book Farming'': Homespun Virtue, Dandy Vice, and the Credibility of ''Chimical Men'' in Rural America -- 3 Knowing Nature, Dabbling with Davy -- PART II: THE SCIENCE OF PLACE -- 4 The Agricultural Society, the Planter, and the Slave: Producing Scientific Views of Virginia County Lands -- 5 The Geological Survey, the Professor, and His Assistants: Producing Scientific Views of the State of Virginia -- 6 Agriculture, Ethics, and the Future of Georgic Science -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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