All Creatures : : Naturalists, Collectors, and Biodiversity, 1850-1950 / / Robert E. Kohler.
We humans share Earth with 1.4 million known species and millions more species that are still unrecorded. Yet we know surprisingly little about the practical work that produced the vast inventory we have to date of our fellow creatures. How were these multitudinous creatures collected, recorded, and...
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Kohler, Robert E., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut All Creatures : Naturalists, Collectors, and Biodiversity, 1850-1950 / Robert E. Kohler. Course Book Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2013] ©2006 1 online resource (384 p.) : 55 halftones. 1 table. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- CHAPTER ONE. Nature -- CHAPTER TWO Culture -- CHAPTER THREE Patrons -- CHAPTER FOUR. Expedition -- CHAPTER FIVE. Work -- CHAPTER SIX. Knowledge -- CHAPTER SEVEN Envoi -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star We humans share Earth with 1.4 million known species and millions more species that are still unrecorded. Yet we know surprisingly little about the practical work that produced the vast inventory we have to date of our fellow creatures. How were these multitudinous creatures collected, recorded, and named? When, and by whom? Here a distinguished historian of science tells the story of the modern discovery of biodiversity. Robert Kohler argues that the work begun by Linnaeus culminated around 1900, when collecting and inventory were organized on a grand scale in natural history surveys. Supported by governments, museums, and universities, biologists launched hundreds of collecting expeditions to every corner of the world. Kohler conveys to readers the experience and feel of expeditionary travel: the customs and rhythms of collectors' daily work, and its special pleasures and pains. A novel twist in this story is that survey collecting was rooted not just in science but also in new customs of outdoor recreation, such as hiking, camping, and sport hunting. These popular pursuits engendered a wide scientific interest in animals and plants and inspired wealthy nature-goers to pay for expeditions. The modern discovery of biodiversity became a reality when scientists' desire to know intersected with the culture of outdoor vacationing. General readers as well as scholars will find this book fascinating. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Biological specimens Collectors and collecting History. Natural history History. SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 print 9780691125398 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400849710?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400849710 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400849710.jpg |
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