| Description |
x, 263 p. : ill., maps. |
| Series |
Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment |
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Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
From the oceans to the mountains : spatial science in an age of empire / Michael S. Reidy -- Emigrants and pioneers : Moritz Wagner's "law of migration" in context / Lynn K. Nyhart -- Negotiating the agricultural frontier in nineteenth-century southern Ohio archaeology / J. Conor Burns -- Managing monocultures : coffee, the coffee rust, and the science of working landscapes / Stuart McCook -- Rocky Mountain high science : teaching, research, and nature at field stations / Jeremy Vetter -- On the trail of the ivory-bill : field science, local knowledge, and the struggle to save endangered species / Mark V. Barrow Jr. -- Playing by and on and under the sea : the importance of play for knowing the ocean / Helen M. Rozwadowski -- Planetary-scale field work : Harry Wexler on the possibilities of ozone depletion and climate control / James Rodger Fleming -- History of field science : trends and prospects / Robert E. Kohler. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Science -- Fieldwork -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Vetter, Jeremy, 1975-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780813548753 (hardcover alk. paper) |
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0813548756 (hardcover alk. paper) |
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9780813550275 (electronic bk.) |
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