Entomology, Ecology and Agriculture: The Making of Scientific Careers in North America, 1885-1985 3718659077, 9783718659074

Entomology, Ecology and Agriculture examines the vastly expanded governmental funding of scientific research and technol

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Entomology, Ecology and Agriculture: The Making of Scientific Careers in North America, 1885-1985
3718659077, 9783718659074

Freshwater algae are among the most diverse and ubiquitous organisms on earth. They occupy an enormous range of ecologic

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Wetlands are prominent landscapes throughout North America. The general characteristics of wetlands are controversial, t

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Black-tailed and mule deer represent one of the largest distributions of mammals in North America and are symbols of the

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Organized into four sections, the twelve chapters of "Rivers of Change" are concerned with prehistoric Native

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In Making North America, James Thompson uses the Canada–US Free Trade Agreement of 1988 and the North American Free Trad

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Winner of the Don D. and Catherine S. Fowler Prize. Eastern North America is one of only a handful of places in the worl

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This book tells the transnational history of Portuguese communities in Canada and the United States against the backdrop

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In Making North America, James Thompson uses the Canada–US Free Trade Agreement of 1988 and the North American Free Trad

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This definitive study brings together recent critiques of development and work in postcolonial studies to explore what t

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This history of the political economy, social relations, and cultural debates that animated Spanish North America from 1

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