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DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton : geology and power in early New York

Title: DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton : geology and power in early New York / David I. Spanagel.
Author: Spanagel, David I.
Publication: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]

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Description

xii, 270 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Preamble -- Introduction: Meeting place for waters and students of Earth history -- Part I. Exploring New York State -- Invitations to study the Earth's past -- Natural sciences and civic virtues -- The landlord and the ex-convict -- Part II. Engineering for a New World's geology -- Clinton's ditch -- Eaton's agricultural and geological surveys -- Empire State exports -- Part III. Entertaining deep time and the sublime -- Literary naturalists -- Kindred spirits -- Rocks, reverence, and religion -- Conclusion: Echoes of New York's embrace of the geological imperative.

Call Number

IR 15-146

ISBN

9781421411040 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
1421411040 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
9781421411057 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
1421411059 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2013025010
40023466671

OCLC

852957172

Author

Spanagel, David I.

Title

DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton : geology and power in early New York / David I. Spanagel.

Publisher

Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Standard Identifier

40023466671

Research Call Number

IR 15-146

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