William Stimpson and the Golden Age of American Natural History /

William Stimpson and the Golden Age of American Natural History / / Ronald Scott Vasile.

William Stimpson was at the forefront of the American natural history community in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Stimpson displayed an early affinity for the sea and natural history, and after completing an apprenticeship with famed naturalist Louis Agassiz, he became one of the first p...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Vasile, Ronald Scott,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2020]
©2018
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (308 p.) :; 5 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. SEAFARING PRODIGY
  • 2. NAVAL SERVITUDE
  • 3. THE FIRST AMERICAN NATURALIST IN JAPAN
  • 4. DEFENDING AMERICAN SCIENCE
  • 5. THE STIMPSONIAN INSTITUTION
  • 6. FROM NATURAL HISTORY TO ZOOLOGY
  • 7. LIVELY TIMES AT THE SMITHSONIAN
  • 8. SCIENTIFIC SKIRMISHES
  • 9. WILD CHICAGO
  • 10. DEATH AND DECISION
  • 11. AMERICAN SCIENCE VISITS THE WEST
  • 12. A FISH OUT OF WATER
  • 13. LOSING A FAUNA
  • 14. A CLEAN SWEEP
  • EPILOGUE: WILLIAM STIMPSON AND AMERICAN NATURAL HISTORY
  • APPENDIX: STIMPSON`S TAXONOMIC WORK
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • REFERENCES
  • OTHER PRIMARY SOURCES
  • INDEX OF SUBJECTS
  • INDEX OF NAMES

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