Description: DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton : Geology and Power in Early New York, Paperback by Spanagel, David I., ISBN 1421424002, ISBN-13 9781421424002, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK Spanagel explores the study of geological knowledge and its political, material, and cultural effect on early 19th-century New York, as an example of the role played by natural history in empire building. Spanagel examines the parallel careers of New York political leaders Clinton and Stephen Van Rensselaer, two key patrons of educator and amateur scientist Eaton. The author provides in-depth analysis of how privately- and publicly-sponsored scientific research and teaching led to the knowledge and skills needed to build an effective regional infrastructure for transportation and commerce, including the Erie Canal. He also considers larger connections between the knowledge gained by New York's geologists and the themes and content expressed in prose, poetry, and fiction, landscape and history painting, and religious movements in antebellum American society. For academics, researchers, scholars, and students interested in 19th-century American arts and sciences, politics, and technological development. This is a paperbound reprint of the 2014 clothbound edition. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton : Geology and Power in Early New Yo
Number of Pages: 284 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Dewitt Clinton and Amos Eaton: Geology and Power in Early New York
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Year: 2017
Subject: Economics, Engineering & Technology, Geology, History
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 386 g
Type: Textbook
Author: David I. Spanagel
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
