Henry William Ravenel, 1814-1887: South Carolina Scientist in the Civil War Era

(Part of the History of American Science and Technology Series)

by Tamara Miner Haywood and Tamara Miner Haygood

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"Provides an engaging and illuminating view of the culture of the South and the study of natural history. . . . Ravenel's achievements, Haygood argues, refute Clement Eaton's contention that slavery stifled creative thought; they also modify the more extravagant claim for southern equality with northern science made in Thomas Cary Johnson's Scientific Interests in the Old South (1936)."

--American Historical Review

"Convincingly...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0817302972

ISBN13:9780817302979

Release Date:July 1987

Publisher:University Alabama Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Grade 12 to Postsecondary

Related Subjects

Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Biological Sciences Biology History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Professionals & Academics Regional U.S. Scientists South State & Local

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Henry William Ravenel, 1814-1887: South Carolina Scientist in the Civil War Era

(Part of the History of American Science and Technology Series)

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