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Inventing Canada : Early Victorian Science and the Idea of a Transcontinental Nation
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- Summary
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Tapping a wide range of archival and published sources, Suzanne Zeller documents the place of Victorian science in British North American thought and society during the era of Confederation.
Details
- Creator
- Suzanne Zeller
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- ©1987
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- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (vii, 356 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
- ISBNs
- 9781487575786, 1487575785, 0802066062
- OCLC
- on1121057286, on1388207492
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- In English.
- Cover; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; Part I Geology; 1 Exposing the Strata; 2 Montreal Masonry; 3 Logan's Geological Inventory: ‛Construction and Extension,' 1842-1850; 4 ‛Grandeur and Historical Renown,' 1851-1856; 5 ‛Permanence,' 1857-1869; Part II Terrestrial Magnetism and Meteorology; 6 The Spirit of the Method; 7 Mutual Attractions, 1845-1850; 8 Science as a Cultural Adhesive, 1850-1853; 9 Encompassing the North; Part III Botany; 10 Adventitious Roots; 11 The Metamorphosed Leaf; 12 Fragile Stems, 1857-1863; 13 Flower and Fruit: The Nation as Variation; CONCLUSION; NOTES; NOTE ON SOURCES; INDEX