Stations in the field : a history of place-based animal research, 1870-1930 / Raf de Bont.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bont, Raf de, 1977- author.

Contributor:

Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biological stations--History--19th century.

Biological stations.

Biological stations--History--20th century.

Zoology--Fieldwork--History--19th century.

Zoology.

Zoology--Fieldwork--History--20th century.

History.

Physical Description:

274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.

Summary:

Beginning in the 1870s, a growing number of biological field stations were founded-first in Europe and later elsewhere around the world-and thousands of zoologists received their training and performed their research at these sites. Stations in the Field examines the material and social context in which field stations arose, the actual research that was produced in these places, the scientific claims that were developed there, and the rhetorical strategies that were deployed to convince others that these claims made sense. From the life of parasitic invertebrates in northern France and freshwater plankton in Schleswig-Holstein, to migratory birds in East Prussia and pest insects in Belgium, Dc Bont's book is a fascinating tour through the history of studying nature in nature. Book jacket.

Contents:

Stations and other places

Naples: indoor sea creatures

Wimereux: tide pool science

From Wimereux to the Republic: individuals and their environment

Plön: a lake microcosm

Rossitten: moving birds

Brussels: fieldwork in a Metropolitan Museum

Conclusion: residents in the field.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-267) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

Other Format:

Ebook version

ISBN:

9780226142067

9780226141879

022614187X

022614206X

OCLC:

871670480

Publisher Number:

99968463659