Field life: science in the american west during the railroad era
Auteur :
Vetter, Jeremy
Éditeur :
University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN :
9780822944539
Date de publication :
25 nov. 2016
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Examines the practice of science in the field in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains of the American West between the 1860s and the 1910s, when the railroad was the dominant form of long-distance transportation. Grounded in approaches from environmental history and the history of technology, it emphasizes the material basis of scientific fieldwork.