An edition of Notes from the ground
(2009)
Notes from the ground
science, soil, and society in the American countryside
by Benjamin R. Cohen
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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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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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