| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 272 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Yale agrarian studies series
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Yale agrarian studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This text examines the cultural conditions that brought agriculture and science together in 19th-century America. Integrating the history of science, environmental history and science studies, this text shows how and why agrarian Americans accepted, resisted and shaped scientific ways of knowing the land. |
| Contents |
""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I: THE PLACE OF SCIENCE""; ""1 Distinguishing the Georgic""; ""2 ''The Science of Agriculture and Book Farming'': Homespun Virtue, Dandy Vice, and the Credibility of ''Chimical Men'' in Rural America""; ""3 Knowing Nature, Dabbling with Davy""; ""PART II: THE SCIENCE OF PLACE""; ""4 The Agricultural Society, the Planter, and the Slave: Producing Scientific Views of Virginia County Lands""; ""5 The Geological Survey, the Professor, and His Assistants: Producing Scientific Views of the State of Virginia"" |
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""6 Agriculture, Ethics, and the Future of Georgic Science""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Soil science -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Soil science. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Soils -- Environmental aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Soils -- Environmental aspects. |
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Agriculture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Agriculture. |
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Agriculture -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Agriculture -- Social aspects. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cohen, Benjamin R. Notes from the ground. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009 9780300139235 (OCoLC)317471735 |
| ISBN |
9780300154924 (electronic book) |
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0300154925 (electronic book) |
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1282352210 |
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9781282352216 |
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9780300139235 (paperback) |
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0300139233 (paperback) |
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