"Good observers of nature" [electronic resource] : American women and the scientific study of the natural world, 1820-1885 / Tina Gianquitto.
Material type:
- 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 century
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- QH26 .G53 2007eb
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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