Overview
- Narrates how the study of the soil became a science
- Combines human history with scientific progressions
- Richly illustrated
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book narrates how the study of the soil became a science and institutionalized in the USA between 1860 and 1960. The story meanders through the activities, ideas, publications, and correspondence of people who influenced the progressions, that led to the budding and early blossoming of American and international soil science. Interwoven is a tale of two farm boys who grew up 900 km apart in the Midwest USA in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Emil Truog and Charles Kellogg met in the late 1920s and shared a natural connection to the soil. Both were practical pioneers and believed that understanding soils was crucial to helping people on the land make a better living. The USA is a big country, its soil science is geographically intertwined, and the cradle of its history primes back to a few people.
“Soil Science Americana is an intellectual biography, not of one individual but of a new scientific field from its emergence to its complete coming of age.”
— Louise O. Fresco, President, Wageningen University and Research
“In a lively, personal voice, Hartemink traces the roots of modern soil science in the United States…creating a book that will engage both the expert and non-expert in the underappreciated field of soil science.”
— Jo Handelsman, Director, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
“The intellectual master piece is of interest to soil scientists, general public and the policy makers, and will remain pertinent for generations to come.”
— Rattan Lal, World Food Prize Laureate 2020, The Ohio State University
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Alfred Hartemink was born in 1964 on Pleistocene sand in the Netherlands and is professor of soil science at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He has studied soil in various countries, and his main interests are pedology, and the fostering and epistemology of soil science.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Soil Science Americana
Book Subtitle: Chronicles and Progressions 1860─1960
Authors: Alfred E. Hartemink
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71135-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-71134-4Published: 15 September 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-71137-5Published: 16 September 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-71135-1Published: 14 September 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIV, 623
Number of Illustrations: 72 b/w illustrations, 74 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Historical Geography, American Culture