The Naturalist in Britain: A Social History

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David Elliston Allen

312 pages, 11 b/w photos.

Princeton University Press

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Softcover | 1994 | #31520 | ISBN: 0691036322

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Reissue of this classic work, with a new preface by the author. The book traces the evolution of natural history from the 17th to early 20th Century, from the `herbalizings' of apprentice apothecaries to the emergence of natural history as an organized discipline. The author describes the role of scientific ideas, popular fashion, religious motivations, literary influences and other factors.
`....a key resource for historians of science and an excellent introduction to natural history for the general reader' - Nature

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