Notes from the ground science, soil, and society in the American countryside

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...

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Autor principal: Cohen, Benjamin R. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press cop. 2009.
Colección:Yale agrarian studies.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:xii, 272 p. : il., mapas
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
ISBN:9780300154924
9781282352216