Book ID: CBB001021712

Knowing Global Environments: New Historical Perspectives in the Field Sciences (2010)

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Vetter, Jeremy (Editor)


Rutgers University Press


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: x + 263 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Contents:


Reviewed By

Review Hall, Marcus (2011) Review of "Knowing Global Environments: New Historical Perspectives in the Field Sciences". Environmental History (p. 536). unapi

Review Kingsland, Sharon (2011) Review of "Knowing Global Environments: New Historical Perspectives in the Field Sciences". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 750). unapi

Review Williams, Amrys O. (2012) Review of "Knowing Global Environments: New Historical Perspectives in the Field Sciences". Agricultural History (pp. 108-109). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Reidy, Michael S. (2010) From the Ocean to the Mountains: Spatial Science in an Age of Empire. In: Knowing Global Environments: New Historical Perspectives in the Field Sciences (p. 17). unapi

Chapter Nyhart, Lynn K. (2010) Emigrants and Pioneers: Moritz Wagner's “Law of Migration” in Context. In: Knowing Global Environments: New Historical Perspectives in the Field Sciences (p. 39). unapi

Chapter Burns, J. Conor (2010) Negotiating the Agricultural Frontier in Nineteenth-Century Southern Ohio Archaeology. In: Knowing Global Environments: New Historical Perspectives in the Field Sciences (p. 59). unapi

Chapter McCook, Stuart (2010) Managing Monocultures: Coffee, the Coffee Rust, and the Science of Working Landscapes. In: Knowing Global Environments: New Historical Perspectives in the Field Sciences (p. 87). unapi

Chapter Vetter, Jeremy (2010) Rocky Mountain High Science: Teaching Research, and Nature at Field Stations. In: Knowing Global Environments: New Historical Perspectives in the Field Sciences (p. 108). unapi

Chapter Barrow, Mark V., Jr. (2010) On the Trail of the Ivory-Bill: Field Science, Local Knowledge, and the Struggle to Save Endangered Species. In: Knowing Global Environments: New Historical Perspectives in the Field Sciences (p. 135). unapi

Chapter Rozwadowski, Helen M. (2010) Playing By---and On and Under---the Sea: The Importance of Play for Knowing the Ocean. In: Knowing Global Environments: New Historical Perspectives in the Field Sciences (p. 162). unapi

Chapter Fleming, James Rodger (2010) Planetary-Scale Field Work: Harry Wexler on the Possibilities of Ozone Depletion and Climate Control. In: Knowing Global Environments: New Historical Perspectives in the Field Sciences (p. 190). unapi

Chapter Kohler, Robert E. (2010) History of Field Science: Trends and Prospects. In: Knowing Global Environments: New Historical Perspectives in the Field Sciences (p. 212). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Guevara, Lázaro
Ian D. Hodkinson
Smith, Melinda D.
Skelly, David K.
Schneider, Richard J.
Roth, Wolff-Michael
Concepts
Ecology
Field work
Natural history
Biology
Research methods
Environmental sciences
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
18th century
17th century
Places
United States
Great Britain
Latin America
Arctic regions
England
Italy
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