Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book
Author Hersey, Mark D

Title My work is that of conservation : an environmental biography of George Washington Carver / Mark D. Hersey
Published Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, ©2011

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xv, 290 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Series Environmental history and the American South
Environmental history and the American South.
Contents Prologue: Macon County, Alabama, 1896 -- Were it not for his dusky skin -- The earnest student of nature -- The ruthless hand of Mr. Carenot -- In a strange land and among a strange people -- Teaching the beauties of nature -- Hints and suggestions to farmers -- The peanut man -- Divine inspiration -- Where the soil is wasted -- Epilogue: My work is that of conservation
Summary Carver had a truly prolific career dedicated to studying the ways in which people ought to interact with the natural world, yet much of his work has been largely forgotten. Hersey rectifies this by tracing the evolution of Carver's agricultural and environmental thought starting with his childhood in Missouri and Kansas and his education at the Iowa Agricultural College. Carver's environmental vision came into focus when he moved to the Tuskegee Institute in Macon County, Alabama, where his sensibilities and training collided with the denuded agrosystems, deep poverty, and institutional racism of the Black Belt. --From publisher description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 -- Political and social views
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943.
SUBJECT Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 -- Political and social views
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 fast
Subject African American agriculturists -- Biography
African American farmers -- Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.) -- History
African American scientists -- Biography
Agricultural conservation -- Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.) -- History
Agriculturists -- United States -- Biography
Conservationists -- Southern States -- Biography
Environmental protection -- Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.) -- History
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
African American agriculturists
African American farmers
African American scientists
Agricultural conservation
Agriculturists
Conservationists
Ecology
Environmental protection
Political and social views
SUBJECT Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.) -- Environmental conditions
Subject Southern States
United States
United States -- Black Belt
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010043987
ISBN 9780820339658
0820339652
1280491434
9781280491436
9786613586667
6613586668