Title "Good observers of nature" : American women and the scientific study of the natural world, 1820-1885 / Tina Gianquitto.

Publication Info.	Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2007]
	©2007

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Description	xii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-211) and index.
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.
Subject	Women naturalists -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Women naturalists.
	United States.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Women botanists -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Women botanists.
	Natural history -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Natural history.
	Nature in literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Nature in literature.
	Botany in literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Botany in literature.
ISBN	9780820329192 paperback alkaline paper
	9780820329185 hardcover alkaline paper
	0820329185 hardcover alkaline paper
	0820329193 paperback alkaline paper