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DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton geology and power in early New York
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Title
DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton [electronic resource] : geology and power in early New York / David I. Spanagel.
ISBN
1421411059
9781421411057
1421411040 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
9781421411040 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
Published
Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014)
Physical Description
1 online resource (pages cm)
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Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - UPCC 2014 Complete.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2014 US Regional Studies, New England and Mid Atlantic.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 12, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preamble
Introduction: Meeting place for waters and students of Earth history
Part I. Exploring New York State
Invitations to study the Earth's past
Natural sciences and civic virtues
The landlord and the ex-convict
Part II. Engineering for a New World's geology
Clinton's ditch
Eaton's agricultural and geological surveys
Empire State exports
Part III. Entertaining deep time and the sublime
Literary naturalists
Kindred spirits
Rocks, reverence, and religion
Conclusion: Echoes of New York's embrace of the geological imperative.
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