Richard A Overfield
Biographic Data
| ID | 1165677 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard A Overfield |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard A |
| FAMILY NAME | Overfield |
| SIGNATURE | OVERFIELD R A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Pioneer Naturalist on the Plains
Amateurs, Professionals, and the Growth of American Botany
Botany played an important role in the popular culture of nineteenth-century America. Unlike entomology or ornithology, which often required killing specimens, botany was ideally suited to genteel goals of self-improvement, enrichment, physical exercise, and mental discipline. For most of the century, at least, botany posed no threat to religious orthodoxy. Indeed, as a central topic of natural theology, the study of plants seemed to be an ideal …
Science with Practice
Journal Article Science with Practice: Charles E. Bessey and the Maturing of American Botany. By Richard A. Overfield. (Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1993. xiv, 262 pp. $37.95, ISBN 0-81381822-2.) Get access Ronald Rainger Ronald Rainger Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 2, September 1994, Pages 729–730, https://doi.org/…
Contributions to the History of North American Natural History . Alwyne Wheeler
Discovering America, 1700-1875
Sectionalism in American Politics, 1774-1787
Charles E. Bessey
department for any substantial help. Yet, by 1910 the Department of Agriculture headed an array of agricultural and educational institutions that absorbed science and generally changed the nature of agriculture.' In particular, scientists of the new land-grant colleges, led by such able men as Charles E. Bessey, made essential contributions to this scientific revolution in agriculture and forced a reevaluation of the relationship between science …
The Middle Colonies and the Coming of the American Revolution
The Loyalists in Revolutionary America, 1760-1781
Samuel Smith and the Politics of Business
Disordered Minds
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Disordered Minds
Samuel Smith and the Politics of Business
The Loyalists in Revolutionary America, 1760-1781
Charles E. Bessey
department for any substantial help. Yet, by 1910 the Department of Agriculture headed an array of agricultural and educational institutions that absorbed science and generally changed the nature of agriculture.' In particular, scientists of the new land-grant colleges, led by such able men as Charles E. Bessey, made essential contributions to this scientific revolution in agriculture and forced a reevaluation of the relationship between science …
The Middle Colonies and the Coming of the American Revolution
Sectionalism in American Politics, 1774-1787
Discovering America, 1700-1875
Contributions to the History of North American Natural History . Alwyne Wheeler
Amateurs, Professionals, and the Growth of American Botany
Botany played an important role in the popular culture of nineteenth-century America. Unlike entomology or ornithology, which often required killing specimens, botany was ideally suited to genteel goals of self-improvement, enrichment, physical exercise, and mental discipline. For most of the century, at least, botany posed no threat to religious orthodoxy. Indeed, as a central topic of natural theology, the study of plants seemed to be an ideal …
Science with Practice
Journal Article Science with Practice: Charles E. Bessey and the Maturing of American Botany. By Richard A. Overfield. (Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1993. xiv, 262 pp. $37.95, ISBN 0-81381822-2.) Get access Ronald Rainger Ronald Rainger Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 2, September 1994, Pages 729–730, https://doi.org/…
Pioneer Naturalist on the Plains
History (9 works) · History (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (5 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · American History and Culture (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Botany (2 works)