Notes From the Ground - Science, Soil, & Society in the American Countryside

Zusammenfassung Integrating the history of science! environmental history! and science studies! this book shows how and why agrarian Americans - yeoman farmers! gentleman planters! politicians! and policy makers alike - accepted! resisted! and shaped scientific ways of knowing the land.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Benjamin R. Cohen, Cohen Benjamin R.
• Editore: Yale University Press Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.02.2012
• EAN: 9780300177701
• ISBN: 978-0-300-17770-1
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: Yale Agrarian Studies Series; Yale Agrarian Studies (Paperba; Yale Agrarian Studies Series; Yale Agrarian Studies; Yale Agrarian Studies (YUP)
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; USA, SCIENCE / History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Science, United States of America, USA, Agricultural science