Book ID: CBB000952146

Modern Nature: The Rise of the Biological Perspective in Germany (2009)

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Nyhart, Lynn K. (Author)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2009
Physical Details: xiv + 423 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Explores the early history of the discipline of ecology outside of the academy among taxidermists, zookeepers, school teachers, museum reformers, amateur enthusiasts, and nature protectionists.


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Review Smocovitis, Vassiliki Betty (2010) Review of "Modern Nature: The Rise of the Biological Perspective in Germany". Museum History Journal (p. 103). unapi

Review Daum, Andreas W. (2010) Review of "Modern Nature: The Rise of the Biological Perspective in Germany". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 665). unapi

Review Cittadino, Eugene (2010) Review of "Modern Nature: The Rise of the Biological Perspective in Germany". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (p. 358). unapi

Review Thurtle, Phillip (2010) Review of "Modern Nature: The Rise of the Biological Perspective in Germany". Journal of Modern History (p. 985). unapi

Review Eitler, Pascal (2010) Review of "Modern Nature: The Rise of the Biological Perspective in Germany". German History (p. 588). unapi

Review Sheehan, James J. (2010) Review of "Modern Nature: The Rise of the Biological Perspective in Germany". Central European History (p. 517). unapi

Review Weidman, Nadine (2010) Review of "Modern Nature: The Rise of the Biological Perspective in Germany". Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (pp. 317-319). unapi

Review Sakuri, Ayako (2012) Review of "Modern Nature: The Rise of the Biological Perspective in Germany". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (pp. 577-579). unapi

Essay Review Phillips, Denise (2010) Reconsidering the Sonderweg of German Science: Biology and Culture in the Nineteenth Century. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (pp. 136-147). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Aragón, Santiago
Alberti, Samuel J. M. M.
Beek, Viola van
Casado, Santos
Casado de Otaola, Santos
Cohen, Shana Miriam
Journals
Biology and Philosophy
Journal of the History of Biology
Science in Context
Archives of Natural History
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Environmental History
Publishers
University Press of Kansas
University of California, Berkeley
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Johns Hopkins University Press
Oxford University Press
Concepts
Natural history
Amateurs
Science and society
Professions and professionalization
Biology
Ecology
People
Benedito, José Maria
Benedito, Luis
Benito, José María González
Fountaine, Margaret
Jordan, Karl
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Spain
India
Institutions
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
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