Knowing Global Environments : : New Historical Perspectives on the Field Sciences /

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

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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 his...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 12
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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

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