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Critical history for tomorrow's paleontology / Victor Monnin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Monnin, Victor, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements of paleontology
- Cambridge elements. Elements of paleontology 2517-780X
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fossils.
- Paleontology.
- fossils.
- paleontology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (75 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- "This Element argues for the benefits of integrating the perspectives of a new historiography of paleontology in the training of upcoming paleontologists and in the paleontological community's culture more broadly. Wrestling with the complex legacy of its past, the paleontological community is facing the need to reappreciate its history to address issues of accessibility and equity affecting the field, such as gender gap, parachute science, and specimen repatriation. The ability of the paleontological community to address these issues depends partly on the nature of its engagement with the past in which they find their source. This Element provides a conceptual toolkit to help with the interpretation of the unprecedented position in which the paleontological community finds itself regarding its past. It also introduces historiographical resources and provides some suggestions to foster collaboration between paleontology and the history of paleontology."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: the presence of the past
- Three species of history
- Textbook history of paleontology
- A new historiography of paleontology
- Cultivating critical history
- Conclusion: bridging two historical disciplines.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed February 10, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version : Monnin, Victor. Critical history for tomorrow's paleontology.
- ISBN:
- 9781009771337
- 1009771337
- OCLC:
- 1569673884
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000326782
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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