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Princeton Modern Knowledge Ser.: How the New World Became Old : The Deep Time Revolution in America by Caroline Winterer (2024, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPrinceton University Press

ISBN-100691199671

ISBN-139780691199672

eBay Product ID (ePID)26064689506

Product Key Features

Number of Pages392 Pages

Publication NameHow the New World Became Old : the Deep Time Revolution in America

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2024

SubjectPhilosophy & Social Aspects, Time, History, United States / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaScience, History

AuthorCaroline Winterer

SeriesPrinceton Modern Knowledge Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight28.4 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2023-304153

Reviews"Powerful. . . . A richly detailed and indispensable exposition of how American geology found its place commensurate with the Old World and became a partner in a truly global science." ---Markes E. Johnson, H-Net Reviews, "Winterer not only skillfully weaves together the discourses that professionalized the disciplines of archaeology, anthropology, paleontology, and geology; she also demonstrates how these same developments were deployed to effect a reality that would benefit the United States economically, politically, culturally and spiritually. . . . [A] major accomplishment." ---Emmanuel Ramos-Barajas, Hemisphere, "Fascinating. . . . How the New World Became Old intertwines science, politics, culture and ideas to reveal a history of intellectual nationalism that fleshes out and raises up the story of nineteenth-century America." ---Michael Taylor, Times Literary Supplement, "As the historian Caroline Winterer shows in her new book How the New World Became Old: The Deep Time Revolution in America , [geology] can shape how an entire nation sees itself. . . . [A] knotty, complex history of a previous intellectual transformation." ---Jacob Mikanowski, Chronicle Review, "A fascinating and extremely well written book that helps understand not only the facts but also the cultural roots and dimensions of the still fascinating mystery of deep time. . . . Winterer's book is a jewel, an awesome, jargon free, often witty, perfectly documented and suggestively illustrated synthesis of what remains one of the most powerful enigmas to the human brain." ---Jan Baetens, Leonardo, "Fascinating. . . . Winterer's book is a jewel, an awesome, jargon free, often witty, perfectly documented and suggestively illustrated synthesis of what remains one of the most powerful enigmas to the human brain." ---Jan Baetens, Leonardo Reviews

Dewey Edition23

Series Volume Number1

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal973

SynopsisHow the idea of deep time transformed how Americans see their country and themselves During the nineteenth century, Americans were shocked to learn that the land beneath their feet had once been stalked by terrifying beasts. T. rex and Brontosaurus ruled the continent. North America was home to saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths, great herds of camels and hippos, and sultry tropical forests now fossilized into massive coal seams. How the New World Became Old tells the extraordinary story of how Americans discovered that the New World was not just old--it was a place rooted in deep time. In this panoramic book, Caroline Winterer traces the history of an idea that today lies at the heart of the nation's identity as a place of primordial natural beauty. Europeans called America the New World, and literal readings of the Bible suggested that Earth was only six thousand years old. Winterer takes readers from glacier-capped peaks in Yosemite to Alabama slave plantations and canal works in upstate New York, describing how naturalists, explorers, engineers, and ordinary Americans unearthed a past they never suspected, a history more ancient than anyone ever could have imagined. Drawing on archival evidence ranging from unpublished field notes and letters to early stratigraphic diagrams, How the New World Became Old reveals how the deep time revolution ushered in profound changes in science, literature, art, and religion, and how Americans came to realize that the New World might in fact be the oldest world of all.

LC Classification NumberE178.W5 2024