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Download or read book A Bibliography of American Natural History The institutions which have contributed to the rise and progress of American natural history which were founded or organized between 1769 and 1844 written by Max Meisel and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Useful Objects written by Reed Gochberg and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-18 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Useful Objects examines the history of American museums during the nineteenth century through the eyes of visitors, writers, and collectors. Museums of this period included a wide range of objects, from botanical and zoological specimens to antiquarian artifacts and technological models. Intended to promote "useful knowledge," these collections generated broader discussions about how objects were selected, preserved, and classified. In guidebooks and periodicals, visitors described their experiences within museum galleries and marveled at the objects they encountered. In fiction, essays, and poems, writers embraced the imaginative possibilities represented by collections and proposed alternative systems of arrangement. These conversations interrogated many aspects of American culture, raising deep questions about how objects are interpreted--and who gets to decide their value. Combining literary criticism, the history of science, and museum studies, Useful Objects examines the dynamic and often fraught debates that emerged during a crucial period in the history of museums by drawing on a wide range of archival materials and accounts in fiction, guidebooks, and periodicals. As museums gradually transformed from encyclopedic cabinets to more specialized public institutions, many writers, including J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur, Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, William Wells Brown, Walt Whitman, and Henry David Thoreau, questioned who would have access to collections and the authority to interpret them. Throughout this period, they considered loss and preservation, raised concerns about the place of new ideas, and resisted increasingly fixed categories. Their reflections shaped broader debates about the scope and purpose of museums in American culture that continue to resonate today.

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew written by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Library and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 1598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Subject catalogue with supplement to volume I written by Arnold Arboretum. Library and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reading the Roots written by Michael P. Branch and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading the Roots is an unprecedented anthology of outstanding early writings about American nature--a rich, influential, yet critically underappreciated body of work. Rather than begin with Henry David Thoreau, who is often identified as the progenitor of American nature writing, editor Michael P. Branch instead surveys the long tradition that prefigures and anticipates Thoreau and his literary descendants. The selections in Reading the Roots describe a diversity of landscapes, wildlife, and natural phenomena, and their authors represent many different nationalities, cultural affiliations, religious views, and ideological perspectives. The writings gathered here also range widely in terms of subject, rhetorical form, and disciplinary approach--from promotional tracts and European narratives of contact with Native Americans to examples of scientific theology and romantic nature writing. The volume also includes a critical introduction discussing the cultural, scientific, and literary value of early American nature writing; headnotes that contextualize all authors and selections; and a substantial bibliography of primary and secondary sources in the field. Reading the Roots at last makes early American landscapes--and a range of literary responses to them--accessible to scholars, students, and general readers.

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Download or read book Art and Science in America written by Amy R. W. Meyers and published by Huntington Library Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six essays from a March 1994 symposium at the Huntington Library in California look at issues raised by representation in botany, ornithology, and geography during the first decades of the US. Considering museum displays, botanical gardens, watercolors, and oil paintings, shows how the representation of natural phenomena served to define and celebrate the new nations and suggest the cultural dimensions of scientific discovery. Illustrated in black and white. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR