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508.09227 G434 208-3867
"Good observers of nature" : American women and the scientific study of the natural world, 1820-1885
Gianquitto, Tina.

Control number:	ocm76864207
ISBN:	9780820329185 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN:	0820329185 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN:	9780820329192 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN:	0820329193 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Local control number:	(OCoLC)76864207
Author:	Gianquitto, Tina.
Title:	"Good observers of nature" : American women and the scientific study of the natural world, 1820-1885 / Tina Gianquitto.
Imprint:	Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2007.
Physical description:	xii, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:	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.
Held by:	NYSL
Subject:	Women naturalists--United States--History--19th century.
Subject:	Women botanists--United States--History--19th century.
Subject:	Natural history--United States--History--19th century.
Subject:	Nature in literature--United States--History--19th century.
Subject:	Botany in literature--United States--History--19th century.
Electronic access:	Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip075/2006039279.html
Call number:	508.09227 G434 208-3867

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