DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton : Geology and Power in Early New York
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| Title: | DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton : Geology and Power in Early New York |
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| Description: | How did geology and politics inform scientific ideas and contribute to New York's prominence in the early nineteenth century?David I. Spanagel explores the origins of American geology and the culture that promoted it in nineteenth-century New York. Focusing on Amos Eaton, the educator and amateur scientist who founded the Rensselaer School, and DeWitt Clinton, the masterful politician who led the movement for the Erie Canal, Spanagel shows how a cluster of assumptions about the peculiar landscape and entrepreneurial spirit of New York came to define the Empire State. In so doing, he sheds light on a particularly innovative and fruitful period of interplay among science, politics, art, and literature in American history. |
| Authors: | David I. Spanagel |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Politicians--New York (State)--Biography, Geology--Political aspects--New York (State)--History--19th century, Geology--United States--History--19th century, Geology--New York (State)--History--19th century, Scientists--New York (State)--Biography |
| Categories: | HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA), BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | How did geology and politics inform scientific ideas and contribute to New York's prominence in the early nineteenth century?David I. Spanagel explores the origins of American geology and the culture that promoted it in nineteenth-century New York. Focusing on Amos Eaton, the educator and amateur scientist who founded the Rensselaer School, and DeWitt Clinton, the masterful politician who led the movement for the Erie Canal, Spanagel shows how a cluster of assumptions about the peculiar landscape and entrepreneurial spirit of New York came to define the Empire State. In so doing, he sheds light on a particularly innovative and fruitful period of interplay among science, politics, art, and literature in American history. |
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| ISBN: | 9781421411040 9781421411057 |
