Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The West-American Scientist
Author: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Author: Academy of Natural Sciences of PhiladelphiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description
"Publications of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia": v. 53, 1901, p. 788-794.
Exploration and Empire
Author: William H. GoetzmannPublisher: ACLS History E-Book Project
ISBN: 9781597404266
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
From early mountain men searching for routes through the Rockies to West Point soldier-engineers conducting topographical expeditions, the exploration of the American West mirrored the development of a fledgling nation. In his Pulitzer Prize-winning Exploration and Empire, William H. Goetzmann analyzes the special role the explorer played in shaping the vast region once called "the Great American Desert." According to Goetzmann, the exploration of the West was not a haphazard series of discoveries, but a planned - even programmed - activity in which explorers, often armed with instructions from the federal government, gathered information that would support national goals for the new lands. As national needs and the frontier's image changed, the West itself was rediscovered by successive generations of explorers, a process that in turn helped shape its culture. Nineteenth-century western exploration, Goetzmann writes, can be divided into three stages. The first, beginning with the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804, was marked by the need to collect practical information, such as the locations of the best transportation routes through the wilderness. Then came the era of settlement and investment - the drive to fulfill the Manifest Destiny of a nation beginning to realize what immense riches lay beyond the Mississippi. The final stage involved a search for knowledge of a different kind, as botanists and paleontologists, ethnographers and engineers hunted intensively for scientific information in the "frontier laboratory." This last phase also saw a rethinking of the West's place in the national scheme; it was a time of nascent conservation movements and public policy discussions aboutthe region's future. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, Goetzmann offers a masterful overview of the opening of the West, as well as a fascinating study of the nature of exploration and its consequences for civilization.
The Oölogist
Author: Bulletin
Author: NASA EP.
Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Social Sciences and Space Exploration
Author: Proceedings of the eighth American scientific congress held in Washington May 10-18, 1940
Author: Paul Henry OehserPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
Journal of the New-York Microscopical Society
Author: New York Microscopical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Microscopy
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Survival Skills of Native California
Author: Paul CampbellPublisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9780879059217
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Author Paul Campbell reveals the knowledge he has spent 20 years learning and reproducing from California natives. Included are sections on the basic skills of survival, the tools of gathering and food preparation, and the implements of household and personal necessity, as well as the arts of hunting and fishing. Sample topics include: shelter; greens, beans, flowers and other vegetables; meat preparation; how to make and shoot an Indian bow.--From publisher description.