Knowing global environments new historical perspectives on the field sciences / edited by Jeremy Vetter.

Other author Vetter, Jeremy, 1975-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press,
Descriptionx, 263 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Science--Fieldwork. --History.

SeriesStudies in modern science, technology, and the environment
Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment. ^A1129065
Contents From the oceans to the mountains : spatial science in an age of empire / Michael S. Reidy -- Emigrants and pioneers : Moritz Wagner's "law of migration" in context / Lynn K. Nyhart -- Negotiating the agricultural frontier in nineteenth-century southern Ohio archaeology / J. Conor Burns -- Managing monocultures : coffee, the coffee rust, and the science of working landscapes / Stuart McCook -- Rocky Mountain high science : teaching, research, and nature at field stations / Jeremy Vetter -- On the trail of the ivory-bill : field science, local knowledge, and the struggle to save endangered species / Mark V. Barrow Jr. -- Playing by and on and under the sea : the importance of play for knowing the ocean / Helen M. Rozwadowski -- Planetary-scale field work : Harry Wexler on the possibilities of ozone depletion and climate control / James Rodger Fleming -- History of field science : trends and prospects / Robert E. Kohler.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009052308
ISBN9780813548753 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0813548756 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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