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

Title: "Good observers of nature" [electronic resource] : American women and the scientific study of the natural world, 1820-1885 / Tina Gianquitto.
Author: Gianquitto, Tina.
Publication: Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2007.

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1 online resource (xii, 216 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

"Good observers of nature" (Online)

Alternative Title

"Good observers of nature" (Online)

Subject

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

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-211) and index.

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Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

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