Field Life - Science in the American West During the Railroad Era

This book examines the practice of science in the field in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains of the American West between the 1860s and the 1910s, when the railroad was the dominant form of long-distance transportation. Grounded in approaches from environmental history and the history of technology, it emphasizes the material basis of scientific fieldwork, joining together the human labor that produced knowledge with the natural world in which those practices were embedded.

About the author

Jeremy Vetter is associate professor of history at the University of Arizona.

Summary

Examines the practice of science in the field in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains of the American West between the 1860s and the 1910s, when the railroad was the dominant form of long-distance transportation. Grounded in approaches from environmental history and the history of technology, it emphasizes the material basis of scientific fieldwork.

Product details

• Authors: Jeremy Vetter
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9780822944539
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-4453-9
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 234 mm x 36 mm
• Weight: 816 g
• Series: Intersections: Histories of En; Intersections; Intersections: Histories of Environment, Science, and Technology in the Anthropocene; Intersections: Histories of Environment, Science, and Technology in the Anthropocene; Intersections: Histories of En
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries