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OverviewIn the 19th and early 20th centuries, North American and European governments generously funded the discoveries of such famous paleontologists and geologists as Henry de la Beche, William Buckland, Richard Owen, Thomas Hawkins, Edward Drinker Cope, O. C. Marsh, and Charles W. Gilmore. In Patrons of Paleontology, Jane Davidson explores the motivation behind this rush to fund exploration, arguing that eagerness to discover strategic resources like coal deposits was further fueled by patrons who had a genuine passion for paleontology and the fascinating creatures that were being unearthed. These early decades of government support shaped the way the discipline grew, creating practices and enabling discoveries that continue to affect paleontology today. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jane P. DavidsonPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press ISBN: 9780253025715ISBN 10: 0253025710 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 21 August 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Cost of Doing Business 1. The Beginnings of Government Support for Paleontology 2. Eighteenth-century and Early Nineteenth-century Paleontologists and Patrons 3. Developments in Government Support for Paleontology in the United States Between 1830 to About 1880 4. Paleontology in Mid Nineteenth-Century Surveys Outside the United States 5. Government Support for Paleontology in the Late Nineteenth Century and the Turn of the Twentieth Century: 1880 to about 1940 Conclusion: The Chain of Paleontology Appendix: Glossary of Prominent Patrons and Paleontologists Annotated Bibliography of Primary Sources Bibliography of Secondary Sources IndexReviewsThis slim book, graced with beautiful facsimile reproductions of gorgeous paleontological folio art, is a treasure trove of vertebrate paleontological history, sacred and arcane. * The Quarterly Review of Biology * Author InformationJane P. Davidson is Professor of Art History at the University of Nevada, Reno. She is author of The Bone Sharp: The Life of Edward Drinker Cope, A History of Paleontology Illustration, and Early Modern Supernatural: The Dark Side of European Culture 1400-1700. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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