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Butterfly people : an American encounter with the beauty of the world  Cover Image Book Book

Butterfly people : an American encounter with the beauty of the world / William Leach.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780375422935 :
  • ISBN: 0375422935
  • Physical Description: xxvi, 388 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2013]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Pt. 1. Encounters with the butterflies of America. Yankee butterfly people -- The German-American romantics -- Beating hearts -- Word power -- The life and death of butterflies -- pt. 2. Encounters with the butterflies of the world. In the wake of empire -- Butterflies at the fair -- Death of the butterfly people.
Subject: Butterflies > United States > History > 19th century.
Entomologists > United States > History > 19th century.
Lepidopterology > United States > History > 19th century.
Industrial revolution > United States > History > 19th century.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Evergreen Indiana.

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Bloomfield Eastern Greene Co PL - Bloomfield Main 595.78 LEA (Text) 36803000881420 NONFIC Available -


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