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The Resource My work is that of conservation : an environmental biography of George Washington Carver, Mark D. Hersey

My work is that of conservation : an environmental biography of George Washington Carver, Mark D. Hersey

Label
My work is that of conservation : an environmental biography of George Washington Carver
Title
My work is that of conservation
Title remainder
an environmental biography of George Washington Carver
Statement of responsibility
Mark D. Hersey
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Carver had a truly prolific career dedicated to studying the ways in which people ought to interact with the natural world, yet much of his work has been largely forgotten. Hersey rectifies this by tracing the evolution of Carver's agricultural and environmental thought starting with his childhood in Missouri and Kansas and his education at the Iowa Agricultural College. Carver's environmental vision came into focus when he moved to the Tuskegee Institute in Macon County, Alabama, where his sensibilities and training collided with the denuded agrosystems, deep poverty, and institutional racism of the Black Belt. --From publisher description
Member of
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Hersey, Mark D
Dewey number
  • 630.92
  • B
Government publication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
NAL call number
S417.C3
NAL item number
H47 2011
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Environmental history and the American South
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Carver, George Washington
  • Carver, George Washington
  • Carver, George Washington
  • Agriculturists
  • African American agriculturists
  • African American scientists
  • Conservationists
  • Agricultural conservation
  • African American farmers
  • Environmental protection
  • Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.)
  • African American agriculturists
  • African American farmers
  • African American scientists
  • Agricultural conservation
  • Agriculturists
  • Conservationists
  • Ecology
  • Environmental protection
  • Political and social views
  • Southern States
  • United States
  • United States
Label
My work is that of conservation : an environmental biography of George Washington Carver, Mark D. Hersey
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue: Macon County, Alabama, 1896 -- Were it not for his dusky skin -- The earnest student of nature -- The ruthless hand of Mr. Carenot -- In a strange land and among a strange people -- Teaching the beauties of nature -- Hints and suggestions to farmers -- The peanut man -- Divine inspiration -- Where the soil is wasted -- Epilogue: My work is that of conservation
Control code
ocn678534462
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xv, 290 pages, [10] pages of plates
Isbn
9780820338705
Lccn
2010043987
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, map
Label
My work is that of conservation : an environmental biography of George Washington Carver, Mark D. Hersey
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue: Macon County, Alabama, 1896 -- Were it not for his dusky skin -- The earnest student of nature -- The ruthless hand of Mr. Carenot -- In a strange land and among a strange people -- Teaching the beauties of nature -- Hints and suggestions to farmers -- The peanut man -- Divine inspiration -- Where the soil is wasted -- Epilogue: My work is that of conservation
Control code
ocn678534462
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xv, 290 pages, [10] pages of plates
Isbn
9780820338705
Lccn
2010043987
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, map