Frontiers of science : imperialism and natural knowledge in the Gulf South borderlands, 1500-1850

Frontiers of science : imperialism and natural knowledge in the Gulf South borderlands, 1500-1850 / Cameron B. Strang.

Author/creator	Strang, Cameron B. author.
Other author/creator	Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture publisher.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Williamsburg, Virginia : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Description	xiv, 357 pages ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Nature study--Gulf States --History. Nature study--Political aspects --Gulf States. Borderlands--History. Gulf States--Intellectual life --History. United States--Territorial expansion --History. Europe--Colonies --History.

Contents	Violence, competition, and exchange in the early colonial era -- Knowledge, weakness, and narrative in the late eighteenth century -- Astronomy and U.S. expansion in the Lower Mississippi valley -- Allegiance, identities, and national scientific communities -- Ethnography and intelligence in the time of conquest -- Deep history, deep South : slavery and geology in the antebellum era -- Skulls, scalps, and Seminoles.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2018004390
ISBN	9781469640471 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN	1469640473 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN	electronic book

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	F296 .S77 2018	✔ Available	Place Hold