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Notes from the Ground

Notes from the Ground Science, Soil, and Society in the American Countryside - Yale Agrarian Studies Series

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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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Book information

ISBN: 9780300139235
Publisher: Yale University Press
Imprint: Yale University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 631.497309034
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 272
Weight: 540g
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 25mm