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science, soil, and society in the American countryside

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An edition of Notes from the ground (2009)

Notes from the ground

science, soil, and society in the American countryside

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This text examines the cultural conditions that brought agriculture and science together in 19th-century America. Integrating the history of science, environmental history and science studies, this text shows how and why agrarian Americans accepted, resisted and shaped scientific ways of knowing the land.

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Yale University Press
Language
English
Pages
272

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Subjects
Soils, Landwirtschaft, Soil science, Agronomie, Agriculture, History, Agriculture, united states, history, Agricultural chemistry, Agriculture, social aspects
Places
United States, USA, Etats-Unis
Times
18e s. (fin) / 19e s. (milieu), 19th century

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Notes from the Ground: Science, Soil, and Society in the American Countryside
2009, Yale University Press
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Notes from the Ground: Science, Soil, and Society in the American Countryside
2009, Yale University Press
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Notes from the ground: science, soil, and society in the American countryside
2009, Yale University Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Distinguishing the georgic
"The science of agriculture and book farming" : homespun virtue, dandy vice, and the credibility of "chimical men" in rural America
Knowing nature, dabbling with Davy
The agricultural society, the planter, and the slave : producing scientific views of Virginia county lands
The geological survey, the professor, and his assistants : producing scientific views of the state of Virginia
Agriculture, ethics, and the future of georgic science.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New Haven
Series
Yale agrarian studies series

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Library of Congress
S590.73.U6 C64 2009, S624, S590.73.U6 C63 2009

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Pagination
xii, 272 p. :
Number of pages
272

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25337173M
Internet Archive
notesfromgrounds0000cohe
ISBN 10
0300139233
ISBN 13
9780300139235
LCCN
2009928178
OCLC/WorldCat
317471735

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