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My work is that of conservation : an environmental biography of George Washington Carver / Mark D. Hersey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hersey, Mark D.
- Series:
- Environmental history and the American South.
- Environmental history and the American South
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculturists--United States--Biography.
- Agriculturists.
- African American agriculturists--Biography.
- African American agriculturists.
- African American scientists--Biography.
- African American scientists.
- Conservationists--Southern States--Biography.
- Conservationists.
- Agricultural conservation--Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.)--History.
- Agricultural conservation.
- African American farmers--Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.)--History.
- African American farmers.
- Environmental protection--Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.)--History.
- Environmental protection.
- Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.)--Environmental conditions.
- Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.).
- Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943.
- Carver, George Washington.
- Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943--Political and social views.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- George Washington Carver (ca. 1864-1943) is at once one of the most familiar and misunderstood figures in American history. In My Work Is That of Conservation , Mark D. Hersey reveals the life and work of this fascinating man who is widely-and reductively-known as the African American scientist who developed a wide variety of uses for the peanut. Carver had a truly prolific career dedicated to studying the ways in which people ought to interact with the natural world, yet much of his work has been largely forgotten. Hersey rectifies this by tracing the evolution of Carver's agricultural and en
- Contents:
- Prologue: Macon County, Alabama, 1896
- Were it not for his dusky skin
- The earnest student of nature
- The ruthless hand of Mr. Carenot
- In a strange land and among a strange people
- Teaching the beauties of nature
- Hints and suggestions to farmers
- The peanut man
- Divine inspiration
- Where the soil is wasted
- Epilogue: My work is that of conservation.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613586667
- 9781280491436
- 1280491434
- 9780820339658
- 0820339652
- OCLC:
- 759040859
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