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Shaping ecology : the life of Arthur Tansley /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ayres, P. G. (Peter G.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
Series:Wiley Online Library.
Subjects:
Tansley, A. G. > (Arthur George), > Sir, > 1871-1955 > Political and social views.
Tansley, A. G. > (Arthur George), > Sir, > 1871-1955.
Field Studies Council (Great Britain) > History.
Nature Conservancy (Great Britain) > History.
Botanists > Great Britain > Biography.
Ecologists > Great Britain > Biography.
Ecology > Great Britain > History.
Natural areas > Great Britain > History.
Nature conservation > Great Britain > History.
Great Britain > Environmental conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Kingley Vale: Worth Fighting For
  • The Origins of Ecology
  • George Tansley, Christian Socialism, and the Working Men's College
  • Highgate School, University College, London, and Trinity College, Cambridge
  • Teaching at University College, the Chicks, and Marriage to Edith
  • Seashores and Woodlands: Looking for Patterns
  • The Managing Director of British Ecology
  • Disillusion and Disaffection
  • The Oxford Years, 1927-1937
  • The Magnum Opus, Grantchester, and Retirement
  • The Years of Fulfilment, 1937-1953
  • A Detached Liberal Philosopher and Free-Thinker
  • References
  • Index.