Notes from the ground: science, soil, and society in the American countryside
Cohen, Benjamin R.
39,18 €(IVA inc.)
Notes from the Ground examines the cultural conditions that brought agriculture and science together in nineteenth-century America. Integrating the historyof science, environmental history, and science studies, the book shows how and why agrarian Americans - yeoman farmers, gentleman planters, politicians, and policy makers alike - accepted, resisted, and shaped scientific ways of knowing the land.
- ISBN: 978-0-300-13923-5
- Editorial: Yale University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 29/01/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés