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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2036
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The Publishers Weekly
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2036
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Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
Author: Leonard WarrenPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813149622
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque was a quintessential nineteenth-century American scientist and naturalist. Exalted by some, cursed by others, Rafinesque gave Latin names to over 6,700 plant species, was acknowledged by Darwin for his early insights into biological variation, and is frequently mentioned in the great natural history archives. Yet he has been almost forgotten in our own day. During his long career, which included some five years as an innovative professor at Transylvania University in Kentucky, Rafinesque's colorful and sometimes difficult personality led to troubles with his colleagues. In Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, the first full-length biography of this brilliant, original, and misunderstood naturalist, Leonard Warren presents a fair and surprising look at Rafinesque's life and contributions to the world of science.
American Journal of Philology
Author: Basil Lanneau GildersleevePublisher:
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Category : Classical philology
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Each number includes "Reviews and book notices."
Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas
Author: New York Public Library. Reference DepartmentPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
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The Publishers Weekly
Author: Women's Agency in Early Modern Britain and the American Colonies
Author: Rosemary O'DayPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317886313
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
Women in early modern Britain and colonial America were not the weak husband- and father-dominated characters of popular myth. Quite the reverse, strong women were the norm. They exercised considerable influence as important agents in the social, economic, religious and cultural life of their societies. This book shows how women on both sides of the Atlantic, while accepting a patriarchal system with all its advantages and disadvantages, contrived to carve out for themselves meaningful lives. Unusually it concentrates not only on the making and meaning of marriage, but also upon the partnership between men and women. It also looks at the varied roles – cultural, religious and educational – that women played both inside and outside marriage during the key period 1500-1760. Women emerge as partners, patrons, matchmakers, investors and network builders.
The Photographic Experience, 1839Ð1914: Images and Attitudes
Author: Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271044491
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
The Photographic Experience deals with episodes and issues relating to the spread and practice of photography from its beginnings to World War I. Bridget and Heinz Henisch concern themselves with the reception accorded to the new art by professionals, amateurs, and the general public. They examine reactions to the new invention in the press, literature, poetry, music, and fashion; the response of intellectuals and painters; and the beliefs held by prominent photographers concerning the nature of the medium and its mission. With a wide array of images - many never before published - they illustrate the photograph's use as a record of public and private moments in life.
Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal
Author: Pamphlets and Reprints
Author: William Warner BishopPublisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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