Ordering life [[electronic resource] ] : Karl Jordan and the naturalist tradition / / Kristin Johnson |
Autore | Johnson Kristin <1973-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (387 p.) |
Disciplina |
595.7092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Entomologists
Taxonomists Biology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4214-0650-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461981303321 |
Johnson Kristin <1973-> | ||
Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ordering life [[electronic resource] ] : Karl Jordan and the naturalist tradition / / Kristin Johnson |
Autore | Johnson Kristin <1973-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (387 p.) |
Disciplina |
595.7092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Entomologists
Taxonomists Biology |
ISBN | 1-4214-0650-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786331803321 |
Johnson Kristin <1973-> | ||
Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ordering life : Karl Jordan and the naturalist tradition / / Kristin Johnson |
Autore | Johnson Kristin <1973-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (387 p.) |
Disciplina |
595.7092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Entomologists
Taxonomists Biology |
ISBN | 1-4214-0650-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824006403321 |
Johnson Kristin <1973-> | ||
Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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