Book ID: CBB000772366

The Lost World of James Smithson: Science, Revolution, and the Birth of the Smithsonian (2007)

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Ewing, Heather P. (Author)


Bloomsbury


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: x + 432 pp.; ill.; index
Language: English

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Authors & Contributors
Yochelson, Ellis Leon
Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory
Sease, Kasey Marie
Turner, Steven
Nichols, Catherine
Chelnik, Judy M.
Journals
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences
Journal of the History of Collections
Museum History Journal
History and Anthropology
Publishers
University of California, Davis
Arizona State University
William Morrow
University of Massachusetts Press
The College of William and Mary
Smithsonian Books
Concepts
Museums
Societies; institutions; academies
Natural history
Anthropology
Biographies
National histories
People
Smithson, James
Walcott, Charles Doolittle
Poinsett, Joel Roberts
Playfair, John
Peale, Charles Willison
Mason, Otis Tufton
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
21st century
20th century, late
Places
United States
France
Western states (U.S.)
Russia
Italy
Great Britain
Institutions
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
Tufts University
Musée de l'homme (Paris)
Royal Society of London
Geological Society of London
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