A Democracy of Facts: Natural History in the Early Republic–Now Available

A Democracy of Facts: Natural History in the Early Republic
Andrew J. Lewis
216 pages | 6 x 9 | 15 illus.
Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4308-6 | $39.95 | £26.00
A volume in the Early American Studies series

A Democracy of FactsUsing case studies from ornithology, botany, antiquities, theology, and geology, A Democracy of Facts tells the fascinating story of naturalists coming of age and creating a profession in the early American republic.

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