Format:
232 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
0253025710
,
9780253025715
Series Statement:
Life of the past
Content:
Introduction : the cost of doing business -- The beginnings of government support for paleontology -- Eighteenth-century and early nineteenth-century paleontologists and patrons -- Developments in government support for paleontology in the United States between 1830 to about 1880 -- Paleontology in mid nineteenth-century surveys outside the United States -- Government support for paleontology in the late nineteenth century and the turn of the twentieth century : 1880 to about 1940 -- Conclusion : the chain of paleontology -- Appendix : glossary of prominent patrons and paleontologists
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Keywords:
USA
;
Paläontologie
;
Finanzierung
;
Geschichte 1700-1999
