"Good observers of nature" [electronic resource] : American women and the scientific study of the natural world, 1820-1885 / Tina Gianquitto.
By: Gianquitto, Tina.
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BookPublisher: Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2007Description: xii, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): 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 centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 508.092/273 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-211) and index.
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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