Modern nature: the rise of the biological perspective in Germany
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Main Author: Nyhart, Lynn K. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2009
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-411) and index
Introduction: the biological perspective and the problem of a modern nature -- Bringing life to natural history -- The world in miniature : practical natural history and the zoo movement -- From practice to theory : Karl Möbius and the Lebensgemeinschaft -- The "living community" in the classroom -- Reforming the Natural History Museum, 1880-1900 -- Biological groups, nature, and culture in the museum -- From biology to ecology -- Museum research and the rise of ecological animal geography -- Modern nature
In this work, Lynn K. Nyhart traces the emergence of a 'biological perspective' in late 19th-century Germany that emphasized the dynamic relationships among organisms, and between organisms and their environment
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 423 pages)
ISBN:0226610926
9780226610924

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