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- DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton: Geology and Power in Early New York
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
summary
How did geology and politics inform scientific ideas and contribute to New York's prominence in the early nineteenth century?David I. Spanagel explores the origins of American geology and the culture that promoted it in nineteenth-century New York. Focusing on Amos Eaton, the educator and amateur scientist who founded the Rensselaer School, and DeWitt Clinton, the masterful politician who led the movement for the Erie Canal, Spanagel shows how a cluster of assumptions about the peculiar landscape and entrepreneurial spirit of New York came to define the Empire State. In so doing, he sheds light on a particularly innovative and fruitful period of interplay among science, politics, art, and literature in American history.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- List of Figures and Tables
- pp. ix-x
- Part One: Exploring New York State
- Part Two: Engineering for a New World's Geology
- Chapter Four: Clinton’s Ditch
- pp. 83-97
- Chapter Six: Empire State Exports
- pp. 117-150
- Part Three: Entertaining Deep Time and the Sublime
- Chapter Seven: Literary Naturalists
- pp. 153-184
- Chapter Eight: Kindred Spirits
- pp. 185-195
- Chapter Nine: Rocks, Reverence, and Religion
- pp. 196-211
- Essay on Sources
- pp. 255-262
Additional Information
ISBN
9781421411057
Related ISBN(s)
9781421411040, 9781421424002
MARC Record
OCLC
870994450
Pages
284
Launched on MUSE
2014-04-15
Language
English
Open Access
No