Notes from the Ground
SCIENCE, SOIL, AND SOCIETY IN THE AMERICAN COUNTRYSIDE
Contents
Preface..................................................................................................................................................ix
Introduction.............................................................................................................................................1
1 Distinguishing the Georgic.............................................................................................................................17
2 "The Science of Agriculture and Book Farming": Homespun Virtue, Dandy Vice, and the Credibility of "Chimical Men" in Rural America.....................49
3 Knowing Nature, Dabbling with Davy.....................................................................................................................81
4 The Agricultural Society, the Planter, and the Slave: Producing Scientific Views of Virginia County Lands..............................................127
5 The Geological Survey, the Professor, and His Assistants: Producing Scientific Views of the State of Virginia...... ... read full excerpt from Notes from the Ground: Science, Soil, and Society in the American Countryside ebook
