The Botanizers

Author	: Elizabeth B. Keeney
Publisher	: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages	: 164
Release	: 2000-11-09
ISBN-10	: 9780807862391
ISBN-13	: 0807862398
Rating	: 4/5 (91 Downloads)

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Download or read book The Botanizers written by Elizabeth B. Keeney and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000-11-09 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keeney examines the role of botany in the lives of nineteenth-century 'botanizers,' amateur scientists who collected, identified, and preserved plant specimens as a pastime. Using popular magazines, fiction, and autobiographies of the day, she explores the popular culture of this avocation, which attracted both men and women by the thousands.

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