Knowing global environments new historical perspectives on the field sciences

Knowing Global Environments brings together nine leading scholars whose work spans a variety of environmental and field sciences, including archaeology, agriculture, botany, climatology, ecology, evolutionary biology, oceanography, ornithology, and tidology. Collectively their essays explore the his...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Vetter, Jeremy, 1975- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press 2010.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:Knowing Global Environments brings together nine leading scholars whose work spans a variety of environmental and field sciences, including archaeology, agriculture, botany, climatology, ecology, evolutionary biology, oceanography, ornithology, and tidology. Collectively their essays explore the history of the field sciences, through the lens of place, practice, and the production of scientific knowledge, with a wide-ranging perspective extending outwards from the local to regional, national, imperial, and global scales.
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:x, 263 p. : il
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
ISBN:9780813550275