Coenraad Jacob Temminck and the emergence of systematics (1800-1850) / by Maria Eulàlia Gassó Miracle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gasso Miracle, Maria Eulalia, 1973- author.

Contributor:

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Series:

Emergence of natural history ; volume 4.

Emergence of natural history ; volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Temminck, C. J. (Coenraad Jacob), 1778-1858.

Temminck, C. J.

Temminck, C. J. (Coenraad Jacob), 1778-1858--Influence.

Naturalists--Netherlands--Biography.

Naturalists.

Biology--19th century--Classification--History.

Biology.

Netherlands.

History.

Genre:

Classification.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 328 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

1 Portraits of Coenraad Jacob Temminck p. 2

2 On Dutch Natural History p. 7

3 Summary of the Chapters p. 10

4 A Word of Caution: On Definitions p. 12

Part 1 Birds, Cabinets, and Museums

1 From Catalogs to Monographs p. 19

1 Exotic Birds on Cupboards and Plates p. 20

2 Francois Levaillant and Bernhard Meyer p. 27

3 From Listing to Classifying p. 34

4 Temminck's Earliest Monographs p. 41

2 From Collector to Director p. 46

1 Appointments and Politics p. 46

2 The Direction of's Lands Kabinet p. 51

3 Collections for the Universities p. 57

4 Building Up a Network p. 63

5 The Concept of a National Museum p. 75

3 National Museum, National Expeditions p. 85

1 The Birth of's Rijks Museum van Natuurlijke Historie p. 85

2 Temminck's Directorate p. 89

3 Colonial Nature p. 103

4 A Worldwide Web of Collectors p. 114

4 A Place for Systematics p. 120

1 The Museum's Scientific Output p. 120

2 Temminck's Podium p. 127

3 The Geography of Systematics p. 138

Part 2 Zoological Classification: 1800-1850

5 Patterns, Laws, and Types p. 157

1 Geographical Patterns and the 'Type' Concept p. 157

2 Temminck's Law versus Buffon's Law p. 168

3 On the Origin and Immutability of Species p. 172

4 After Temminck's Law p. 177

6 Systematics Wars p. 183

1 Temminck's Debates p. 184

2 Nomenclatural Chaos p. 185

3 Establishing Genera p. 196

4 The Search for a Natural Classification System p. 209

5 The 'Parliamentary Practice' p. 216

7 Systematics and Natural History: 1800-1850 p. 226

1 Defining 'Natural History' p. 226

2 The Issue of Philosophical Arguments p. 231

3 The Status of Anatomy and Physiology p. 238

4 Systematics within Natural History p. 243.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version: Gassó Miracle, Maria Eulàlia. Coenraad jacob temminck and the emergence of systematics (1800-1850)

ISBN:

9789004441491

9004441492

Publisher Number:

40030809116

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Restricted for use by site license.