Profiles in the history of the U.S. Soil Survey / / edited by Douglas Helms, Anne B. W. Effland, Patricia J. Durana

• Pubblicazione: Ames, Iowa : , : Iowa State University Press, , 2002; ©2002
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (354 p.)
• Disciplina: 631.4973
• Soggetto topico: Soil surveys - United States - History; Soil scientists - United States - History
• Persona (resp. second.): HelmsDouglas <1945->; EfflandAnne B. W.; DuranaPatricia J.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Profiles in the History of the U.S. SOIL SURVEY; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1:Founding the USDA 's Division of Agricultural Soils:Charles Dabney, Milton Whitney,and the State Experiment Stations (Douglas Helms,Anne B.W.Effland, and Steven E.Phillips); Chapter 2:Early Leaders of the Soil Survey; Chapter 3:History of the Soil Survey Laboratories; Chapter 4:Memoirs of a Soil Correlator; Chapter 5:Opening Opportunities:Women in Soil Science and the Soil Survey; Chapter 6:Contributions of African-Americans and the 1890 Land-Grant Universities to Soil Science and the Soil Survey ; Chapter 7:Soil Survey and the U.S.Forest ServiceChapter 8:A History of Soil Surveys and Soil Science in the Bureau of Land Management; Chapter 9:Soil Survey and Soil-Geomorphology; Chapter 10:Soil Survey Interpretations:Past,Present, and Looking to the Future; Chapter 11:The American Soil Survey in the Twenty- First Century; Appendix A:Chronology of the U.S.Soil Survey; Appendix B:History of the U.S.Soil Survey: A Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Profiles in the History of the U.S. Soil Survey offers a broad-ranging collection of essays chronicling the development of the U.S. Soil Survey and its influence on the history of soil survey as a scientific discipline that focuses on mapping, analysis, and description of soils.Appraises the influences of key individuals and institutions on the establishment of federal support for and coordination of U.S. soil surveys.Provides an account of life in the field, detailing experience shared by many soil scientists and survey processionals.Reviews th
• Titolo autorizzato: Profiles in the history of the U.S. Soil Survey
• ISBN: 0-470-37695-3; 1-282-36773-0; 9786612367731; 0-470-37673-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996206211103316
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