All creatures : naturalists, collectors, and biodiversity, 1850-1950 / Robert E. Kohler.

By:

Kohler, Robert E

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781400849710
1400849713

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: All creatures : naturalists, collectors, and biodiversity, 1850-1950.DDC classification:

508 22

LOC classification:

QH15 .K64 2006eb
QH15

Other classification:

42.01
TB 2380
WI 8915

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Nature -- Culture -- Patrons -- Expedition -- Work --Knowledge -- Envoi -- Abbreviations -- Notes.

Review: "Here a historian of science tells the story of the modern discovery of biodiversity. Robert Kohler argues that the work begun by Linnaeus culminated around 1900, when collecting and inventory were organized on a grand scale in natural history surveys. Supported by governments, museums, and universities, biologists launched hundreds of collecting expeditions to every corner of the world. Kohler conveys to readers the experience and feel of expeditionary travel: the customs and rhythms of collectors' daily work, and its special pleasures and pains."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Nature -- Culture -- Patrons -- Expedition -- Work --Knowledge -- Envoi -- Abbreviations -- Notes.

"Here a historian of science tells the story of the modern discovery of biodiversity. Robert Kohler argues that the work begun by Linnaeus culminated around 1900, when collecting and inventory were organized on a grand scale in natural history surveys. Supported by governments, museums, and universities, biologists launched hundreds of collecting expeditions to every corner of the world. Kohler conveys to readers the experience and feel of expeditionary travel: the customs and rhythms of collectors' daily work, and its special pleasures and pains."--Jacket.