Knowing Global Environments: New Historical Perspectives on the Field Sciences

Published by Rutgers University Press 2011

Knowing Global Environments

New Historical Perspectives on the Field Sciences

Edited by: Jeremy Vetter
With contributions by: Jeremy Vetter , Mark Barrow , J. Conor Burns , James Rodger Fleming , Robert Kohler , Stuart McCook , Lynn Nyhart , Michael Reidy and Helen Rozwadowski

In the series Studies in Modern Science, Technology, and the Environment

https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813550275

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About this book

Knowing Global Environments brings together nine leading scholars whose work spans a variety of environmental and field sciences, including archaeology, agriculture, botany, climatology, ecology, evolutionary biology, oceanography, ornithology, and tidology.

Collectively their essays explore the history of the field sciences, through the lens of place, practice, and the production of scientific knowledge, with a wide-ranging perspective extending outwards from the local to regional, national, imperial, and global scales. The book also shows what the history of the field sciences can contribute to environmental history-especially how knowledge in the field sciences has intersected with changing environments-and addresses key present-day problems related to sustainability, such as global climate, biodiversity, oceans, and more.

Contributors to Knowing Global Environments reveal how the field sciences have interacted with practical economic activities, such as forestry, agriculture, and tourism, as well as how the public has been involved in the field sciences, as field assistants, students, and local collaborators.

Author / Editor information

JEREMY VETTER is an assistant professor of history at the University of Arizona.

Reviews

"Knowing Global Environments thoroughly recasts our understanding of the field sciences by embedding them in environmental history, political economy, and a deepening public involvement. Each case study is a gem, rich in detail and conceptually provocative.

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— Tom Gieryn, Indiana University

"The chapters in this rare volume soar to the heights of mountains and plunge into the depths of the oceans while asserting the significance of a spatial orientation within the history of science and environmental history."

— Frederick R. Davis, Florida State University

"A valuable contribution to the growing dialogue between historians of science and environmental historians. We have under one cover a fascinating compendium of theses and their environmental implications."

— Environmental History

"Anyone who wants to learn about or contribute to the history of field sciences will find much to ponder in these provocative, well-documented essays. Recommended."

— Choice

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Figures and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Jeremy Vetter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
One. From the Oceans to the Mountains: Spatial Science in an Age of Empire Michael S. Reidy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Two. Emigrants and Pioneers: Moritz Wagner’s “Law of Migration” in Context Lynn K. Nyhart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Three. Negotiating the Agricultural Frontier in Nineteenth-Century Southern Ohio Archaeology J. Conor Burns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Four. Managing Monocultures: Coffee, the Coffee Rust, and the Science of Working Landscapes Stuart McCook Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Five. Rocky Mountain High Science: Teaching, Research, and Nature at Field Stations Jeremy Vetter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
Six. On the Trail of the Ivory-Bill: Field Science, Local Knowledge, and the Struggle to Save Endangered Species Mark V. Barrow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Seven. Playing By—and On and Under—the Sea: The Importance of Play for Knowing the Ocean Helen M. Rozwadowski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
Eight. Planetary-Scale Fieldwork: Harry Wexler on the Possibilities of Ozone Depletion and Climate Control James Rodger Fleming Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
Nine. History of Field Science: Trends and Prospects Robert E. Kohler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245

Language: English
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 272
Illustrations
- Other: 12

eBook

Published: September 24, 2010
ISBN: 9780813550275