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

Author/creator Strang, Cameron B.
Other author Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWilliamsburg, Virginia : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Descriptionxiv, 357 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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Subjects

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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018004390
ISBN9781469640471 (cloth : alk. paper)