In the 1890s, several initiatives in American botany converged. The
creation of new institutions, such as the New York Botanical
Garden, coincided with radical reforms in taxonomic practice and
the emergence of an experimental program of research on
evolutionary problems. The Evolution of American Ecology,
1890--2000 explores how these changes gave impetus to the new field
of ecology. Sharon E. Kingsland argues that the creation of
institutions and research laboratories, coupled with new
intellectual directions in science, were crucial to the development
of ecology as a discipline in the United States. Understanding the
origins of ecology in turn helps us to understand its later
development through the twentieth century.
"A new approach to ecology... well worth consideration by
ecologists, science historians, and anyone interested in how human
ecology should be integrated with the biological sciences." --
Science
"Kingsland does a masterful job weaving together the history of
ecology in the United States." -- Bioscience
"Kingsland has ambitiously followed the growth of American
ecology from the end of the 19th throughout the 20th century,
looking at social, economic, and scientific influences... Quite
worthwhile for any ecologist interested in the history of their
field." -- Quarterly Review of Biology
"Kingsland breaks new ground by tightly linking the intellectual
history of ecological science with changes in the land." -- Journal
of American History
"Anyone interested in the history of American ecology and its
relationship to our changing perspective on the environment will
find this a worthwhile read." -- Environmental History
"The details of how the field began andthe accounts of the
ecological pioneers make this book an enjoyable account of
scientific history." -- Brittonia
"A refreshing and novel approach that breaks new grounds in our
understanding of how ecology became a dominating scientific
approach to the environment." -- Centaurus
Sharon E. Kingsland is a professor of the history of science at
the Johns Hopkins University.
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