Voices of emancipation [[electronic resource] ] : understanding slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction through the U.S. Pension Bureau files / / edited by Elizabeth A. Regosin and Donald R. Shaffer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782013803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : New York University Press, c2008
• ISBN: 0-8147-7734-1; 0-8147-7626-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (230 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): RegosinElizabeth Ann; ShafferDonald Robert
• Disciplina: 973/.0496073
• Soggetti: African Americans - History - 1863-1877; African Americans - Social conditions - 19th century; Slavery - United States - History - 19th century; Enslaved persons - Emancipation - United States; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); African American soldiers - Pensions; African American sailors - Pensions; United States Armed Forces African Americans History 19th century Sources; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 African Americans Sources
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-200) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Slavery and emancipation -- The Civil War -- Postwar patterns -- Marriage and family -- Appendix : complete sample documents.
• Sommario/riassunto: Voices of Emancipation seeks to recover the lives and words of former slaves in vivid detail, mining the case files of the U.S. Pension Bureau, which administered a huge pension system for Union veterans and their survivors in the decades following the Civil War. The files contain an invaluable, first-hand perspective of slavery, emancipation, black military service, and freedom. Moreover, as Pension Bureau examiners began interviewing black Union veterans and their families shortly after the Civil War, the files are arguably among the earliest sources of ex-; slaves reflecting on their lives, o

Chemical Research on Plant Growth : A translation of Théodore de Saussure's Recherches chimiques sur la Végétation by Jane F. Hill / / by Théodore de Saussure

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910437827203321
• Autore: Saussure Théod. de (Théodore), <1767-1845, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-4614-4136-6
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2013.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 p.)
• Disciplina: 571.82
• Soggetti: Botany; Botanical chemistry; Plant anatomy; Plants - Development; Plant physiology; Plant Sciences; Plant Biochemistry; Plant Anatomy/Development; Plant Physiology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Translator -- Brief Biography of Théodore de Saussure -- 1.Introduction -- A. Plant nutrition concepts before the pioneering research on photosynthesis -- B. Contributions to knowledge of plant nutrition and physiology by the photosynthesis pioneers who preceded Théodore de Saussure -- C. De Saussure provides extensive quantitative data to address the important questions -- D. De Saussure’s work enables completion of the overall chemical equation for photosynthesis -- E. Critical reception of Recherches chimiques sur la Végétation, its legacy, and historical perspectives -- F. Some errors and misinterpretations in Recherches chimiques sur la Végétation -- G.The life and scientific background of ; Théodore de Saussure -- References Cited -- 2.Chapter Summaries -- A Note on the Translation -- Translation of Recherches chimiques sur la Végétation -- Preface by Théodore de Saussure -- Table of Contents of the text -- The Text -- Appendices -- 1. Glossary of Terms -- 2. Conversions of Units of Measurement -- 3. Expanded Bibliography of References Cited by de Saussure -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Nicholas-Théodore de Saussure, a Swiss plant physiologist and plant chemist, was the last of the early pioneers of photosynthesis research. His most important contributions were the demonstration that water is a component of plant dry matter; that plants obtain their carbon from the carbon dioxide of the air, not from carbonic acid dissolved in the soil water, as most of his contemporaries believed; and that mineral elements and nitrogen from the soil are essential to plant growth. Recherches Chimiques sur la Végétation was his seminal work in the development of the understanding of photosythesis and plant chemistry. In the two centuries since Recherches Chimiques sur la Végétation was published, luminaries in various branches of science, including plant biology, chemistry, and soil science, have consistently praised it highly. In the twentieth century, eminent photosynthesis researcher Eugene Rabinowitch described Recherches Chimiques sur la Végétation as the first modern book on plant nutrition. Historian of chemistry Henry Leicester called the book a classic, noting that the first important generalization about biochemistry in the nineteenth century came from it. Plant physiologist P. E. Pilet stated that the book laid the foundations of a new science, phytochemistry. Soil scientist E. Walter Russell attributed to de Saussure the quantitative experimental method, which more than anything else made modern agricultural chemistry possible. A landmark in plant science, the original work was twice translated into German during the nineteenth century, but no English translation has been published. This project is more than just a translation. It includes an extensive introduction by translator and author, Jane F. Hill, as well as notes that provide explanations for archaic terminology and other background material. Dr. Hill has two advanced degrees in botany and extensive experience writing on botanical and other biological subjects, as well as a background in French. Her most recent work until now was as a chapter on the early pioneers of photosynthesis research, in the Springer series on Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration. .