Format:
XII, 270 S
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Ill., Kt
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24 cm
ISBN:
9781421411040
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1421411040
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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PreambleIntroduction: 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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781421411057
Language:
English
Keywords:
Eaton, Amos 1776-1842
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Clinton, DeWitt 1769-1828
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