| Description |
1 online resource (380 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Nature -- Culture -- Patrons -- Expedition -- Work --Knowledge -- Envoi -- Abbreviations -- Notes. |
| Summary |
"Here a historian of science tells the story of the modern discovery of biodiversity. Robert Kohler argues that the work begun by Linnaeus culminated around 1900, when collecting and inventory were organized on a grand scale in natural history surveys. Supported by governments, museums, and universities, biologists launched hundreds of collecting expeditions to every corner of the world. Kohler conveys to readers the experience and feel of expeditionary travel: the customs and rhythms of collectors' daily work, and its special pleasures and pains."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Natural history -- History.
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Natural history. |
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History. |
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Biological specimens -- Collectors and collecting -- History.
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Biological specimens. |
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Collectors and collecting. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Naturalisme.
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Natuurlijke historie.
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Verzamelingen.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kohler, Robert E. All creatures : naturalists, collectors, and biodiversity, 1850-1950. New York : Princeton University Press, [2006] xiii, 363 pages 9780691125398 (DLC) 2005055095 |
| ISBN |
9781400849710 (e-book) |
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1400849713 (e-book) |
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9780691125398 (cl ; alkaline paper) |
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0691125392 (cl ; alkaline paper) |
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