Richard W. Judd is Col. James C. McBride Professor of History at the University of Maine and editor of the journal Maine History. He is the author of Natural States: The Environmental Imagination in Maine, Oregon, and the Nation (2003); Common Lands, Common People: The Origins of Conservation in Northern New England (1997); and Maine: The Pine Tree State from Prehistory to the Present (1995). His current research includes a survey of New England's environmental history.
Inhaltsangabe
Part I. Forging a Scientific Community: 1. 'A country unknown': colonial explorers and their natural history; 2. Rambles in Eden; 3. 'A despairing curiosity': creating America's scientific academy; Part II. The Natural History of America: 4. Power and purpose in the geological record: the scientific beginnings of American romanticism; 5. Integrated landscapes: mountains, rivers, and forests in the balance of nature; 6. 'A distant intercourse': animal character and conservation; Part III. Improvers, Romantics, and the Science of Conservation: 7. From forest to fruitful field: settlement and improvement in the Western wilderness; 8. The naturalist's mirror: popular science and the roots of romanticism; 10. Challenging the idea of improvement.
Part I. Forging a Scientific Community: 1. 'A country unknown': colonial explorers and their natural history; 2. Rambles in Eden; 3. 'A despairing curiosity': creating America's scientific academy; Part II. The Natural History of America: 4. Power and purpose in the geological record: the scientific beginnings of American romanticism; 5. Integrated landscapes: mountains, rivers, and forests in the balance of nature; 6. 'A distant intercourse': animal character and conservation; Part III. Improvers, Romantics, and the Science of Conservation: 7. From forest to fruitful field: settlement and improvement in the Western wilderness; 8. The naturalist's mirror: popular science and the roots of romanticism; 10. Challenging the idea of improvement.
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