03791nam 2200613 a 450 991082400640332120240416174812.01-4214-0650-0(CKB)2670000000277647(OCoLC)813210686(CaPaEBR)ebrary10611273(SSID)ssj0000721406(PQKBManifestationID)11459876(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000721406(PQKBWorkID)10692642(PQKB)10370871(MiAaPQ)EBC3318615(OCoLC)830023844(MdBmJHUP)muse18804(Au-PeEL)EBL3318615(CaPaEBR)ebr10611273(EXLCZ)99267000000027764720120120d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrOrdering life Karl Jordan and the naturalist tradition /Kristin Johnson1st ed.Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press20121 online resource (387 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4214-0600-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-365) and index.Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Joining the Naturalist Tradition -- "Beetles. Beautiful beetles" -- Becoming a Zoologist -- The Cosmopolitan Naturalists -- The "nice berth": Curating a Zoological Museum -- Mobilizing the Naturalist Tradition -- 2 Reforming Entomology -- The "strange mixture" of Entomologists -- How to Do Entomology -- The "making" of Species -- A New Type of Collection -- Retraining the Natural History Network -- 3 Ordering Beetles, Butterflies, and Moths -- "The great desideratum" -- Revising the Swallowtails -- Making Systematics Scientific -- Crossing over to Biology -- Amassing the Concreta -- 4 Ordering Naturalists -- Men of Two Classes -- Organizing Entomologists -- The End of Tring's Heyday -- "Science knows no country" -- A "nation of Entomologists" -- 5 A Descent into Disorder -- Telling "which way the wind blows" -- The Balance of Europe Is Upset -- The Standstill -- Recovering Friends, Committees, and Congresses I -- "The requirements for a thorough investigation" -- 6 Taxonomy in a Changed World -- The Rise of Applied Entomology -- "Something amiss" -- Various Utopias I: The Ithaca Congress -- Various Utopias II: The International Entomological Institute -- A Lad's Last Marble -- 7 The Ruin of War and the Synthesis of Biology -- The Edges of Empire -- Where Subspecies Meet -- "The end of Tring as we have known and cherished it" -- "Provided Europe does not get quite mad" -- "Without the collection I am hopeless" -- 8 Naturalists in a New Landscape -- Recovering Friends, Committees, and Congresses II -- The Quest to "clear up the chaos" in Weevils and Fleas -- Avoiding the Snake in the Grass -- Glorified Office Boys -- Late for a Knighthood -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T.U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Illustrations.The broader social context in which scientists work is just as important to the project of naming, describing, classifying, and, ultimately, explaining life.EntomologistsBiographyTaxonomistsBiographyBiologyClassificationEntomologistsTaxonomistsBiology595.7092BJohnson Kristin1973-1611839MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824006403321Ordering life3940289UNINA