Author : Benjamin R. Cohen
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300154925
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Notes from the Ground by : Benjamin R. Cohen
Download or read book Notes from the Ground written by Benjamin R. Cohen and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text examines the cultural conditions that brought agriculture and science together in 19th-century America. Integrating the history of science, environmental history and science studies, this text shows how and why agrarian Americans accepted, resisted and shaped scientific ways of knowing the land.