Global Imaginary of Arid Lands: Early Twentieth- Century United States Botanists in Africa

Global Imaginary of Arid Lands: Early Twentieth- Century United States Botanists in Africa

From the 1890s through the 1930s, arid land scientists drew connections between US and African landscapes. As they studied desert nature at home and abroad, modified agricultural landscapes and collected and described species in the world's deserts, they envisioned a global imaginary. This pape...

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Published in:Global environment Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 102 - 133
Main Authors: Morrissey, Katherine G., Burtner, Marcus A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Isle of Harris, UK The White Horse Press 01-03-2019
White Horse Press
Subjects:
Agricultural land
Arid Lands
Case studies
Deserts
Hydrology
Publishing industry
Roosevelt, Theodore
Sahara
Sonoran Desert
Northern Africa
New York
United States
New Mexico
Egypt
South Africa
United Kingdom
Algeria
France
North America
Arid lands
Sonoran desert
Sahara
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Summary:From the 1890s through the 1930s, arid land scientists drew connections between US and African landscapes. As they studied desert nature at home and abroad, modified agricultural landscapes and collected and described species in the world's deserts, they envisioned a global imaginary. This paper traces these connections and transformations, using the Sonoran Desert and US southwestern botanical scientists who traversed abroad - including William Cannon, Edgar Mearns, Robert Forbes and Homer Shantz - as case studies.
Bibliography:1973-3739(20190301)12:1L.102;1-
ISSN:1973-3739
2053-7352
DOI:10.3197/ge.2019.120105