Keywords:
Science-Fieldwork-History.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
No detailed description available for "Knowing Global Environments".
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (275 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780813550275
Series Statement:
Studies in Modern Science, Technology, and the Environment Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=816481
DDC:
507.2/3
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. From the Oceans to the Mountains: Spatial Science in an Age of Empire -- Two. Emigrants and Pioneers: Moritz Wagner's "Law of Migration" in Context -- Three. Negotiating the Agricultural Frontier in Nineteenth-Century Southern Ohio Archaeology -- Four. Managing Monocultures: Coffee, the Coffee Rust, and the Science of Working Landscapes -- Five. Rocky Mountain High Science: Teaching, Research, and Nature at Field Stations -- Six. On the Trail of the Ivory-Bill: Field Science, Local Knowledge, and the Struggle to Save Endangered Species -- Seven. Playing By-and On and Under-the Sea: The Importance of Play for Knowing the Ocean -- Eight. Planetary-Scale Fieldwork: Harry Wexler on the Possibilities of Ozone Depletion and Climate Control -- Nine. History of Field Science: Trends and Prospects -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
