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Keeney examines the role of botany in the lives of nineteenth-century 'botanizers,' amateur scientists who collected, identified, and preserved plant specimens as a pastime. Using popular magazines, fiction, and autobiographies of the day, she explores the popular culture of this avocation, which attracted both men and women by the thousands.Keeney, Elizabeth B. is the author of 'Botanizers Amateur Scientists in Nineteenth Century America' with ISBN 9780807820469 and ISBN 0807820466.
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