Henry William Ravenel, 1814-1887: South Carolina Scientist in the Civil War EraUniversity of Alabama Press, 1987 - Broj stranica: 204 "Provides an engaging and illuminating view of the culture of the South and the study of natural history. . . . Ravenel's achievements, Haygood argues, refute Clement Eaton's contention that slavery stifled creative thought; they also modify the more extravagant claim for southern equality with northern science made in Thomas Cary Johnson's Scientific Interests in the Old South (1936)." --American Historical Review "Convincingly argues for the importance of these middle years to understanding American science and vividly illustrates the effect of the Civil War on science. . . . Ravenel, a geographically isolated planter with a college degree but no scientific training, managed to serve as one of America's leading mycologists, despite continual financial and medical problems and the disruption of the Civil War. This lively account of his life and work is at once inspiring and tragic." "A thoroughly enjoyable biography of one of the important American naturalists, botanists, and mycologists of the 1800s. . . . Truly an outstanding contribution to the history of American science." |
Sadržaj
18141829 | 5 |
College and Young Manhood | 13 |
American Scientist 18391849 | 27 |
Watershed Years 18501853 | 53 |
International Mycology 1853 | 71 |
The Disruption of War 18601865 | 94 |
Getting By 18651869 | 112 |
A Botanist Once More 18691887 | 132 |
Epilogue | 150 |
Notes | 159 |
I | 185 |
150 | 191 |
152 | 198 |
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Henry William Ravenel, 1814-1887: South Carolina Scientist in the Civil War Era Tamara Miner Haygood Pregled nije dostupan - 2006 |
Uobičajeni izrazi i fraze
Aiken April Asa Gray August Black Oak Agricultural botanist Botany Department Historical Charleston Medical Journal Charleston Museum Childs Clariosophic Society Clemson Columbia cryptogamic Curtis Papers Curtis to H. W. Curtis's December Department Historical Collection Edward Tuckerman Ellis Collection Engelmann F. A. Porcher fascicle February Folder Fungi Caroliniani Exsiccati Gibbes Letters H. W. Ravenel Henry William Ravenel herbarium Historic Letters Ibid interest J. B. Ellis January Journal and Review Journal of HWR July June L. R. Gibbes lichens M. A. Curtis M. J. Berkeley March marl microscope mycologist mycology Natural History North November November 24 NYBG Library Oak Agricultural Society Octavo Volume October Pineville plantation planters plants Pooshee Private Journal quotation Ravenel began Ravenel Correspondence Ravenel Diary Ravenel to M. A. Ravenel wrote Ruffin Saint John's Saint Thaddeus scientific scientists sent September South Carolina College southern species specimens Thomas Torrey trip Tuckerman Correspondence W. G. Farlow
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