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"Good observers of nature" [[electronic resource] ] : American women and the scientific study of the natural world, 1820-1885 / / Tina Gianquitto
| "Good observers of nature" [[electronic resource] ] : American women and the scientific study of the natural world, 1820-1885 / / Tina Gianquitto |
| Autore | Gianquitto Tina |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (231 p.) |
| Disciplina | 508.092/273 |
| Soggetto topico |
Women naturalists - United States - History - 19th century
Women botanists - United States - History - 19th century Natural history - United States - History - 19th century Nature in literature - United States - History - 19th century Botany in literature - United States - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-55295-3
9786612552953 0-8203-3655-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction. The languages of nature : an overview -- Botany's beautiful arrangement : Almira Phelps and Enlightenment science -- The pressure of hidden causes : Margaret Fuller and Romantic science -- The noble designs of nature : Susan Fenimore Cooper, natural science, and the picturesque aesthetic -- Spiders, ants, and carnivorous plants : Mary Treat and evolutionary science -- Epilogue. Human homes in nature's household : the emergence of a conservation ethic. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456567003321 |
Gianquitto Tina
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| Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2007 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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"Good observers of nature" [[electronic resource] ] : American women and the scientific study of the natural world, 1820-1885 / / Tina Gianquitto
| "Good observers of nature" [[electronic resource] ] : American women and the scientific study of the natural world, 1820-1885 / / Tina Gianquitto |
| Autore | Gianquitto Tina |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (231 p.) |
| Disciplina | 508.092/273 |
| Soggetto topico |
Women naturalists - United States - History - 19th century
Women botanists - United States - History - 19th century Natural history - United States - History - 19th century Nature in literature - United States - History - 19th century Botany in literature - United States - History - 19th century |
| ISBN |
1-282-55295-3
9786612552953 0-8203-3655-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction. The languages of nature : an overview -- Botany's beautiful arrangement : Almira Phelps and Enlightenment science -- The pressure of hidden causes : Margaret Fuller and Romantic science -- The noble designs of nature : Susan Fenimore Cooper, natural science, and the picturesque aesthetic -- Spiders, ants, and carnivorous plants : Mary Treat and evolutionary science -- Epilogue. Human homes in nature's household : the emergence of a conservation ethic. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781180003321 |
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Gianquitto Tina
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| Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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"Good observers of nature" [[electronic resource] ] : American women and the scientific study of the natural world, 1820-1885 / / Tina Gianquitto
| "Good observers of nature" [[electronic resource] ] : American women and the scientific study of the natural world, 1820-1885 / / Tina Gianquitto |
| Autore | Gianquitto Tina |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (231 p.) |
| Disciplina | 508.092/273 |
| Soggetto topico |
Women naturalists - United States - History - 19th century
Women botanists - United States - History - 19th century Natural history - United States - History - 19th century Nature in literature - United States - History - 19th century Botany in literature - United States - History - 19th century |
| ISBN |
1-282-55295-3
9786612552953 0-8203-3655-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction. The languages of nature : an overview -- Botany's beautiful arrangement : Almira Phelps and Enlightenment science -- The pressure of hidden causes : Margaret Fuller and Romantic science -- The noble designs of nature : Susan Fenimore Cooper, natural science, and the picturesque aesthetic -- Spiders, ants, and carnivorous plants : Mary Treat and evolutionary science -- Epilogue. Human homes in nature's household : the emergence of a conservation ethic. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807711303321 |
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Gianquitto Tina
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| Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Poetics of Natural History / / Christoph Irmscher
| The Poetics of Natural History / / Christoph Irmscher |
| Autore | Irmscher Christoph |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2019] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 379 pages) : color illustrations |
| Disciplina | 508 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PurcellRosamond |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural history - United States - History - 18th century
Natural history - United States - History - 19th century Naturalists - United States Natural history literature - United States Poetics - History - 18th century Poetics - History - 19th century |
| ISBN | 1-9788-0590-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword / Purcell, Rosamond -- Notes on the Photographs -- Preface to the Second Edition / Irmscher, Christoph -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One. Displaying -- Chapter 1. "America Transplanted" / Bartram, John / Bartram, William -- Chapter 2. Collection and Recollection / Peale, Charles Willson -- Chapter 3. Collecting Human Nature / Barnum, P. T. -- Part Two. Representing -- Chapter 4. The Power of Fascination -- Chapter 5. Audubon at Large -- Chapter 6. Agassiz Agonistes -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793976903321 |
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Irmscher Christoph
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| New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2019] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Poetics of Natural History / / Christoph Irmscher
| The Poetics of Natural History / / Christoph Irmscher |
| Autore | Irmscher Christoph |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2019] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 379 pages) : color illustrations |
| Disciplina | 508 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PurcellRosamond |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural history - United States - History - 18th century
Natural history - United States - History - 19th century Naturalists - United States Natural history literature - United States Poetics - History - 18th century Poetics - History - 19th century |
| ISBN | 1-9788-0590-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword / Purcell, Rosamond -- Notes on the Photographs -- Preface to the Second Edition / Irmscher, Christoph -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One. Displaying -- Chapter 1. "America Transplanted" / Bartram, John / Bartram, William -- Chapter 2. Collection and Recollection / Peale, Charles Willson -- Chapter 3. Collecting Human Nature / Barnum, P. T. -- Part Two. Representing -- Chapter 4. The Power of Fascination -- Chapter 5. Audubon at Large -- Chapter 6. Agassiz Agonistes -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812298903321 |
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Irmscher Christoph
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| New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2019] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Seeing new worlds : Henry David Thoreau and nineteenth-century natural science / / Laura Dassow Walls
| Seeing new worlds : Henry David Thoreau and nineteenth-century natural science / / Laura Dassow Walls |
| Autore | Walls Laura Dassow |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, WI, : University of Wisconsin Press, ©1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 300 pages) |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature and science - United States - History - 19th century
Natural history - United States - History - 19th century Science in literature Nature in literature |
| ISBN |
1-282-42408-4
9786612424083 0-299-14743-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455117203321 |
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Walls Laura Dassow
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| Madison, WI, : University of Wisconsin Press, ©1995 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Seeing new worlds [[electronic resource] ] : Henry David Thoreau and nineteenth-century natural science / / Laura Dassow Walls
| Seeing new worlds [[electronic resource] ] : Henry David Thoreau and nineteenth-century natural science / / Laura Dassow Walls |
| Autore | Walls Laura Dassow |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison WI, : University of Wisconsin Press, c1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 300 pages) |
| Collana | Science and literature |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature and science - United States - History - 19th century
Natural history - United States - History - 19th century Science in literature Nature in literature |
| ISBN |
1-282-42408-4
9786612424083 0-299-14743-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778416803321 |
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Walls Laura Dassow
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| Madison WI, : University of Wisconsin Press, c1995 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Seeing new worlds [[electronic resource] ] : Henry David Thoreau and nineteenth-century natural science / / Laura Dassow Walls
| Seeing new worlds [[electronic resource] ] : Henry David Thoreau and nineteenth-century natural science / / Laura Dassow Walls |
| Autore | Walls Laura Dassow |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison WI, : University of Wisconsin Press, c1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 300 pages) |
| Collana | Science and literature |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature and science - United States - History - 19th century
Natural history - United States - History - 19th century Science in literature Nature in literature |
| ISBN |
1-282-42408-4
9786612424083 0-299-14743-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Facts and Truth: Transcendental Science from Cambridge to Concord -- Nominalists, Realists, Idealists: Harvard and After, 1837 -- Romantic Theologies -- Natural History before Walden -- 2. The Empire of Thought and the Republic of Particulars -- Law as Logos -- Rational Holism -- The Organic Machine: Making Matter Mind -- Emergent Laws -- Empirical Holism -- 3. Seeing New Worlds: Thoreau and Humboldtian Science -- Alexander von Humboldt, the "Napoleon of Science" -- Fronting Nature at Walden, 1845-1847 -- After Walden: Old Worlds and New -- 4. Cosmos: Knowing as Worlding -- Thoreau as Humboldtian -- Relational Knowing: Thoreau's Epistemology of Contact -- Writing the Cosmos: Walden -- 5. A Plurality of Worlds -- Intentions of the Eye -- Worlds without End: The Dispersion of Seeds -- The Transcendentalist at the Cattle Show: Thoreau's Ironic Science -- 6. Walking the Holy Land -- Contingent Wholes: A Few Herbs and Apples -- Chance and Necessity: The Laughter of the Loon -- "Walking, or the Wild" -- Conclusion: Disciplining Thoreau -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823495303321 |
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Walls Laura Dassow
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| Madison WI, : University of Wisconsin Press, c1995 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Seeing new worlds [[electronic resource] ] : Henry David Thoreau and nineteenth-century natural science / / Laura Dassow Walls
| Seeing new worlds [[electronic resource] ] : Henry David Thoreau and nineteenth-century natural science / / Laura Dassow Walls |
| Autore | Walls Laura Dassow |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison WI, : University of Wisconsin Press, c1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 300 pages) |
| Collana | Science and literature |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature and science - United States - History - 19th century
Natural history - United States - History - 19th century Science in literature Nature in literature |
| ISBN |
1-282-42408-4
9786612424083 0-299-14743-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Facts and Truth: Transcendental Science from Cambridge to Concord -- Nominalists, Realists, Idealists: Harvard and After, 1837 -- Romantic Theologies -- Natural History before Walden -- 2. The Empire of Thought and the Republic of Particulars -- Law as Logos -- Rational Holism -- The Organic Machine: Making Matter Mind -- Emergent Laws -- Empirical Holism -- 3. Seeing New Worlds: Thoreau and Humboldtian Science -- Alexander von Humboldt, the "Napoleon of Science" -- Fronting Nature at Walden, 1845-1847 -- After Walden: Old Worlds and New -- 4. Cosmos: Knowing as Worlding -- Thoreau as Humboldtian -- Relational Knowing: Thoreau's Epistemology of Contact -- Writing the Cosmos: Walden -- 5. A Plurality of Worlds -- Intentions of the Eye -- Worlds without End: The Dispersion of Seeds -- The Transcendentalist at the Cattle Show: Thoreau's Ironic Science -- 6. Walking the Holy Land -- Contingent Wholes: A Few Herbs and Apples -- Chance and Necessity: The Laughter of the Loon -- "Walking, or the Wild" -- Conclusion: Disciplining Thoreau -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996248172103316 |
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Walls Laura Dassow
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| Madison WI, : University of Wisconsin Press, c1995 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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