surveying nature: environmental dimensions of VIRGINIA'S FIRST SCIENTIFIC SURVEY, 1835-1842

Environmental History | January 1, 2006| | Copyright

ABSTRACT

State scientific surveys are underexplored territory in environmental history, an oversight made more glaring since these projects were rich in their assumptions, methods, and legacies. This article examines Virginia's 1830s Geological Survey, asking why the state sought its benef its, how the project was organized, and what specific social and technical activities it comprised. The survey, all told, is indicative of a budding interest in and acceptance of science as a valid means to describe the environment.

"Whilst engaged in the improvement of the State... the great wealth which ...

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