Letters from an American Botanist : the Correspondences of Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Mühlenberg (1753-1815).

Author: Schönhofer, Matthias
Published: Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag, 2014.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (610 pages)

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Intro; TABLE OF CONTENTS; I INTRODUCTION; II LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; III NETWORKS AND HISTORY; 1. NETWORK THEORY BASICS; 2. APPLICATIONS -- ROSENTHAL ET AL., GOULD AND BEARMAN; 3. A CRITIQUE; 4. AIMS AND METHODOLOGY -- THE PLURALITY OF MÜHLENBERG'S NETWORK; IV A PRELUDE -- MÜHLENBERG'S CORRESPONDENCES FROM 1771 TO 1784; 1 THE LUTHERAN CONTEXT; 2. THE FAMILY CONTEXT; 3 THE SCIENTIFIC CONTEXT -- THE RESPUBLICA LITTERARIA; V. LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN BOTANIST; 1 CONFEDERATE BOTANY (PHASE 1: JANUARY 1784 TO DECEMBER 1789); 2 TRANSATLANTIC BOTANY (PHASE 2: JANUARY 1790 TO MAY 1797) and 3. A NETWORK IN TRANSITION (PHASE 3: JUNE 1797 TO JANUARY 1802)4 NETWORK STRATEGIES (PHASE 4: JANUARY 1802 TO AUGUST 1805); 5 AN AMERICAN NETWORK (PHASE 5: OCTOBER 1805 -- JANUARY 1811); 6 TOWARDS BOTANICAL INDEPENDENCE (PHASE 6: JANUARY 1811 TO MAY 1815); VI CONCLUSION; VII APPENDICES; 1. APPENDIX A: FLOW CHARTS; 2. APPENDIX B: TABLES; 3. APPENDIX C: LISTS OF CORRESPONDENCES; 4. APPENDIX D: EXCHANGE CHARTS; 5. APPENDIX E: NETWORKS; 6. NETWORK DOCUMENTATION; VIII BIBLIOGRAPHY; IX REGISTER OF PERSONS; X REGISTER OF PLACES

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3515108025
9783515108027 (electronic bk.)

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