DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton [electronic resource] : geology and power in early New York / David I. Spanagel.
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TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN: - 9781421411057
- 1421411059
- Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828
- Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842
- Politicians -- New York (State) -- Biography
- Scientists -- New York (State) -- Biography
- Geology -- Political aspects -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century
- Geology -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Geology -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century
- New York (State) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute -- History
- 557.47092/2 B 23
- Q143.E3 S65 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preamble -- Introduction: 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.
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