Ordering life : Karl Jordan and the naturalist tradition / / Kristin Johnson

• Autore: Johnson Kristin <1973->
• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (387 p.)
• Disciplina: 595.7092; B
• Soggetto topico: Entomologists; Taxonomists; Biology
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-365) and index.
• 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: The broader social context in which scientists work is just as important to the project of naming, describing, classifying, and, ultimately, explaining life.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ordering life
• ISBN: 1-4214-0650-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824006403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II