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Filtering by: Creator Weswig, Paul H. (Paul Henry), 1912- Remove constraint Creator: Weswig, Paul H. (Paul Henry), 1912- Advisor Morris, Robert J. jr Remove constraint Advisor: Morris, Robert J. jr Committee Member Farber, Paul Remove constraint Committee Member: Farber, Paul

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  • John Wesley Powell : science and reform in a positive context

    Creator:
    Zernel, John Joseph, 1945-
    Abstract:
    John Wesley Powell worked actively for public land system reform while a director of geographical and geological surveys in the West from 1869 to 1894. Although this has won him acclaim as a conservationist, the basis of Powell's linkage of reform with scientific work is poorly understood. A study of...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    . Powell's study of Indian culture reflected ethnologist Lewis Henry Morgan's emphasis on social