American curiosity : cultures of natural history in the colonial British Atlantic world /

Examines how various people in the British colonies understood and represented the natural world around them from the late sixteenth century through the eighteenth. The author uncovers early descriptions of American natural phenomena as well as clues to how people in the colonies construed their own...

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Main Author:	Parrish, Susan Scott
Corporate Authors:	Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund, Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2006], ©2006 Chapel Hill : c2006 Chapel Hill : ©2006 Chapel Hill : [2006]
Subjects:	Geschichte Imperialism > History Intercultural communication > United States > History Natural history > United States > History Science > Social aspects > United States > History British colonies Colonies Ethnic relations History Imperialism Intellectual life Intercultural communication International relations Natural history Relations Science > Social aspects Great Britain > Colonies > America > Economic conditions Great Britain > Colonies > America Great Britain > Intellectual life Great Britain > Relations > United States United States > Ethnic relations United States > Intellectual life United States > Relations > Great Britain America Great Britain United States
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