Book ID: CBB000100994

Naturalists and Society: The Culture of Natural History in Britain, 1700-1900 (2001)

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Allen, David Elliston (Author)


Ashgate Publishing


Publication Date: 2001
Physical Details: 314 pp., illus., index
Language: English

Description Contents includes discussions of medical education and the rise of the botanical field class, the Natural History Society of Edinburgh, The Victorian fern craze, botanical and biological societies, changing attitudes toward nature conservation, and biographies of Victorian naturalists.


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Review Barrow, Mark V., Jr. (2002) Review of "Naturalists and Society: The Culture of Natural History in Britain, 1700-1900". Journal of the History of Biology (p. 610). unapi

Review Ainley, Marianne Gosztonyi (2005) Review of "Naturalists and Society: The Culture of Natural History in Britain, 1700-1900". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (p. 125). unapi

Review Endersby, Jim (2004) Review of "Naturalists and Society: The Culture of Natural History in Britain, 1700-1900". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 108). unapi

Review Ghiselin, Michael T. (2002) Review of "Naturalists and Society: The Culture of Natural History in Britain, 1700-1900". History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences (p. 131). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
John Taliaferro
Ian D. Hodkinson
Mollendorf, Miranda Andrea
Menon, Minakshi
Weisberg-Roberts, Alicia
Swinney, Geoffrey N.
Concepts
Natural history
Botany
Naturalists
Biographies
Societies; institutions; academies
Nature
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
20th century, early
20th century
16th century
Places
Great Britain
Scotland
Edinburgh
United States
Atlantic world
Guangzhou (China)
Institutions
Hastings Natural History Reservation (Calif.)
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Edinburgh Physiological Society
Royal Society of London
University of Edinburgh
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