"Good observers of nature" American women and the scientific study of the natural world, 1820-1885

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ISBN: 0820329193 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780820329192 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0820329185 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780820329185 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0820336556 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780820336558 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 216 p.) : ill.
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Publisher: Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2007.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-211) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
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Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.