ISBN:
9780226610894
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9781282239869
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 423 p.)
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ill., map
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Paralleltitel:
Print version Modern Nature : The Rise of the Biological Perspective in Germany
DDC:
304.20943/09034
Schlagwort(e):
Ecology History 20th century
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Ecology History 19th century
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Natural history Social aspects
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Biotic communities Social aspects
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Philosophy of nature History 20th century
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Philosophy of nature History 19th century
Kurzfassung:
In Modern Nature, Lynn K. Nyhart traces the emergence of a "biological perspective" in late nineteenth-century Germany that emphasized the dynamic relationships among organisms, and between organisms and their environment. Examining this approach to nature in light of Germany's fraught urbanization and industrialization, as well the opportunities presented by new and reforming institutions, she argues that rapid social change drew attention to the role of social relationships and physical environments in rendering a society-and nature-whole, functional, and healthy. This quintessentially moder
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introducton: The Biological Perspective and the Problem of a Modern Nature; Chapter 2. Bringing Life to Natural History; Chapter 3. The World in Miniature: Practical Natural History and the Zoo Movement; Chapter 4. From Practice to Theory: Karl Möbius and the Lebensgemeinschaft; Chapter 5. The "Living Community" in the Classroom; Chapter 6. Reforming the Natural History Museum, 1880-1900; Chapter 7. Biological Groups, Nature, and Culture in the Museum; Chapter 8. From Biology to Ecology
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Chapter 9. Museum Research and the Rise of Ecological Animal GeographyChapter 10. Modern Nature; Bibliography; Index
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-411) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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