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Notes from the ground : science, soil, and society in the American countryside / Benjamin R. Cohen.
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Cohen, Benjamin R.
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English
Published/Created
New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009.
Description
xii, 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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S590.73.U6 C63 2009
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Subject(s)
Soil science
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United States
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History
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19th century
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Soils
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Environmental aspects
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United States
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History
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19th century
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Agriculture
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United States
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History
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19th century
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Agriculture
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Social aspects
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United States
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History
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19th century
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Series
Yale agrarian studies
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Summary note
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.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
Distinguishing the georgic
"The science of agriculture and book farming" : homespun virtue, dandy vice, and the credibility of "chimical men" in rural America
Knowing nature, dabbling with Davy
The agricultural society, the planter, and the slave : producing scientific views of Virginia county lands
The geological survey, the professor, and his assistants : producing scientific views of the state of Virginia
Agriculture, ethics, and the future of georgic science.
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ISBN
9780300139235 ((hbk. ; : alk. paper))
0300139233 ((hbk. ; : alk. paper))
9780300177701 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
0300177704 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2009928178
OCLC
317471735
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Notes from the ground [electronic resource] : science, soil, and society in the American countryside / Benjamin R. Cohen.
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Notes from the ground : science, soil, and society in the American countryside / Benjamin R. Cohen.
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