Modern nature [electronic resource] : the rise of the biological perspective in Germany / Lynn K. Nyhart.
By: Nyhart, Lynn K.
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BookPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009Description: xiv, 423 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Ecology -- Germany -- History -- 19th century | Ecology -- Germany -- History -- 20th century | Philosophy of nature -- Germany -- History -- 19th century | Philosophy of nature -- Germany -- History -- 20th century | Natural history -- Social aspects | Biotic communities -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 304.20943/09034 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-411) and index.
Bringing life to natural history -- The world in miniature : practical natural history and the zoo movement -- From practice to theory : Karl M�obius and the Lebensgemeinschaft -- The living community in the classroom -- Reforming the Natural History Museum, 1880-1900 -- Biological groups, nature, and culture in the museum -- From biology to ecology -- Museum reseach and the rise of ecological animal geography -- Modern nature.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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