The Botanizers: Amateur Scientists in Nineteenth-Century America by Keeney, Elizabeth B.

The Botanizers: Amateur Scientists in Nineteenth-Century America (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780807872055)

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The Botanizers: Amateur Scientists in Nineteenth-Century America by Keeney, Elizabeth B.

The Botanizers: Amateur Scientists in Nineteenth-Century America

$50.00
The Botanizers: Amateur Scientists in Nineteenth-Century America by Keeney, Elizabeth B.

The Botanizers: Amateur Scientists in Nineteenth-Century America

$50.00
Format: Paperback
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Keeney examines the role of botany in the lives of nineteenth-century 'botanizers, ' amateur scientists who collected, identified, and preserved plant specimens as a pastime. Using popular magazines, fiction, and autobiographies of the day, she explores the popular culture of this avocation, which attracted both men and women by the thousands.

Author: Elizabeth B. Keeney
ISBN-10: 0807872059
ISBN-13: 9780807872055
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2011
Pages: 220
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d

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