Patrons of paleontology : how government support shaped a science / Jane P. Davidson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davidson, Jane P., author.

Series:

Life of the past

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleontology--Finance--History--18th century.

Paleontology.

Paleontology--Finance--History--19th century.

Paleontology--Finance--History--20th century.

Paleontology--United States--Finance--History--19th century.

Paleontology--United States--Finance--History--20th century.

Finance.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxi, 232 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017]

Contents:

Introduction : the cost of doing business

The beginnings of government support for paleontology

Eighteenth-century and early nineteenth-century paleontologists and patrons

Developments in government support for paleontology in the United States between 1830 to about 1880

Paleontology in mid nineteenth-century surveys outside the United States

Government support for paleontology in the late nineteenth century and the turn of the twentieth century : 1880 to about 1940

Conclusion : the chain of paleontology

Appendix : glossary of prominent patrons and paleontologists.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-227) and index.

ISBN:

9780253025715

0253025710

OCLC:

968773212