DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton: Geology and Power in Early New York

by David I. Spanagel

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421411040
• ISBN13: 9781421411040
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"