The Botanizers: Amateur Scientists in Nineteenth-Century America

The Botanizers: Amateur Scientists in Nineteenth-Century America

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Publisher's Synopsis

Keeney examines the role of botany in the lives of nineteenth-century 'botanizers,' amateur scientists who collected, identified, and preserved plant specimens as a pastime. Using popular magazines, fiction, and autobiographies of the day, she explores the popular culture of this avocation, which attracted both men and women by the thousands.

Book information

ISBN: 9780807872055
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Pub date:
Edition: 1st edition
Language: English
Number of pages: 220
Weight: 368g
Height: 236mm
Width: 192mm
Spine width: 20mm