Knowing Global Environments : : New Historical Perspectives on the Field Sciences / / ed. by Jeremy Vetter.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Barrow, Mark V.,; Burns, J. Conor,; Fleming, James Rodger,; Kohler, Robert E.,; McCook, Stuart,; Nyhart, Lynn K.,; Reidy, Michael S.,; Rozwadowski, Helen M.,; Vetter, Jeremy,
• TeilnehmendeR: Barrow, Mark.; Burns, J. Conor.; Fleming, James Rodger.; Kohler, Robert.; McCook, Stuart.; Nyhart, Lynn.; Reidy, Michael.; Rozwadowski, Helen.; Vetter, Jeremy.
• HerausgeberIn: Vetter, Jeremy,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2010]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Modern Science, Technology, and the Environment
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 12

Knowing Global Environments brings together nine leading scholars whose work spans a variety of environmental and field sciences, including archaeology, agriculture, botany, climatology, ecology, evolutionary biology, oceanography, ornithology, and tidology. Collectively their essays explore the history of the field sciences, through the lens of place, practice, and the production of scientific knowledge, with a wide-ranging perspective extending outwards from the local to regional, national, imperial, and global scales. The book also shows what the history of the field sciences can contribute to environmental history-especially how knowledge in the field sciences has intersected with changing environments-and addresses key present-day problems related to sustainability, such as global climate, biodiversity, oceans, and more. Contributors to Knowing Global Environments reveal how the field sciences have interacted with practical economic activities, such as forestry, agriculture, and tourism, as well as how the public has been involved in the field sciences, as field assistants, students, and local collaborators.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. From the Oceans to the Mountains: Spatial Science in an Age of Empire -- Two. Emigrants and Pioneers: Moritz Wagner's "Law of Migration" in Context -- Three. Negotiating the Agricultural Frontier in Nineteenth-Century Southern Ohio Archaeology -- Four. Managing Monocultures: Coffee, the Coffee Rust, and the Science of Working Landscapes -- Five. Rocky Mountain High Science: Teaching, Research, and Nature at Field Stations -- Six. On the Trail of the Ivory-Bill: Field Science, Local Knowledge, and the Struggle to Save Endangered Species -- Seven. Playing By-and On and Under-the Sea: The Importance of Play for Knowing the Ocean -- Eight. Planetary-Scale Fieldwork: Harry Wexler on the Possibilities of Ozone Depletion and Climate Control -- Nine. History of Field Science: Trends and Prospects -- Notes on Contributors -- Index