Modern Nature : The Rise of the Biological Perspective in Germany /
Nyhart, Lynn K., author.
In Modern Nature, Lynn K. Nyhart traces the emergence of a "biological perspective" in late nineteenth-century Germany that emphasized the dynamic relationships among organisms, and between organisms and their environment. Examining this approach to nature in light of Germany's fraught urbanization and industrialization, as well the opportunities presented by new and reforming institutions, she argues that rapid social change drew attention to the role of social relationships and physical environments in rendering a society-and nature-whole, functional, and healthy.
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In Modern Nature, Lynn K. Nyhart traces the emergence of a "biological perspective" in late nineteenth-century Germany that emphasized the dynamic relationships among organisms, and between organisms and their environment. Examining this approach to nature in light of Germany's fraught urbanization and industrialization, as well the opportunities presented by new and reforming institutions, she argues that rapid social change drew attention to the role of social relationships and physical environments in rendering a society-and nature-whole, functional, and healthy.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-411) and index.

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Ecology
Ecology
Philosophy of nature
Philosophy of nature
Natural history
Biotic communities