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Index
Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Adam's Task, Job's Challenge
One · From Hunter-Gatherers to Kings of Kings
Two · A Wonderful Man: Aristotle and Greek Natural History
Three · The Spoils of an Empire
Four · An Emperor and His Descendants
Five · New Worlds
Six · Ray, Linnaeus, and the Ordering of the World
Seven · Journeys Near and Far
Eight · Before the Origin
Nine · Forms Most Beautiful: Darwin
Ten · The Geography of Nature: Humboldt
Eleven · Hearts of Light: Wallace and Bates
Twelves · Spoils of Other Empires
Thirteen · Breadfruit and Icebergs
Fourteen · Naturalists in New England: Thoreau, Agassiz, and Gray
Fifteen · From Muir and Alexander to Leopold and Carson
Sixteen · The Slow Death (and Resurrection) of Natural History
Notes
References
Index
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