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The Botanizers. Amateur Scientists in Nineteenth-Century America.
Elizabeth B Keeney
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Paperback / so. Botanizers: Amateur Scientists in Nineteenth-Century America Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; PDX; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 192 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
Keeney examines the role of botany in the lives of nineteenth-century 'botanizers,' amateur scientists who collected, identified, and preserved plant specimens as a pastime. Using popular magazines, fiction, and autobiographies of the day, she explores the popular culture of this avocation, which attracted both men and women by the thousands.
Keeney examines the role of botany in the lives of nineteenth-century 'botanizers,' amateur scientists who collected, identified, and preserved plant specimens as a pastime. Using popular magazines, fiction, and autobiographies of the day, she explores the popular culture of this avocation, which attracted both men and women by the thousands.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807872055
SKU
V9780807872055
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