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Field life : science in the American West during the railroad era / Jeremy Vetter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vetter, Jeremy, 1975- author.
- Series:
- Intersections (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Intersections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Fieldwork--West (U.S.)--History.
- Science.
- Railroads--West (U.S.)--Surveying--History.
- Railroads.
- Natural history.
- Pacific railroads--Explorations and surveys.
- Surveying.
- History.
- West United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 504 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- 1 Making the Field 22
- 2 Lay Networks 76
- 3 Surveys 138
- 4 Quarries 203
- 5 Stations 267.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-484) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Vetter, Jeremy, 1975- Field life.
- ISBN:
- 0822944537
- 9780822944539
- OCLC:
- 965389117
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