Science and the social good : nature, culture, and community, 1865-1965 / John P. Herron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herron, John P., 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biology--Social aspects--United States.

Biology.

Human ecology--United States.

Human ecology.

Natural history--United States--History.

Natural history.

Science--Social aspects--United States.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the beginnings of industrial capitalism to contemporary disputes over evolution, nature has long been part of the public debate over the social good. As such, many natural scientists throughout American history have understood their work as a cultural activity contributing to social stability and their field as a powerful tool for enhancing the quality of American life. In the late Victorian era, interwar period, and post-war decades, massive social change, economic collapse and recovery, and the aftermath of war prompted natural scientists to offer up a civic-minded natural science conce

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Part I: Clarence King and the Mapping of the Western Landscape; 1. Paths of Science: The Maturation of a Public Ideal; 2. Vertical History: Using Mountains to Measure Men; Part II: Robert Marshall and the Redefinition of Progress; 3. True Places: Searching for Wild Nature in an Urban Age; 4. The Forest and the Trees: Natural Science and Social Justice; Part III: Rachel Carson and the Social Enterprise of American Biology; 5. The Biological Century: The Cultural Importance of Ecological Process; 6. Poetic Revolutions: The Search for Natural Harmony; Epilogue; Notes

Select BibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-045245-5

1-282-33500-6

9786612335006

0-19-972616-7

OCLC:

488599514