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The Botanizers : Amateur Scientists in Nineteenth-Century America
Overview
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.
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- ISBN-13: 9780807872055
- ISBN-10: 0807872059
- Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
- Publish Date: February 2011
- Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.9 pounds
- Page Count: 220
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