Johnson, Kristin, 1973-

Ordering life Karl Jordan and the naturalist tradition / Kristin Johnson. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (viii, 376 pages, 8. pages of plates) : illustrations.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Joining the naturalist tradition -- Reforming entomology -- Ordering beetles, butterflies, and moths -- Ordering naturalists -- A descent into disorder -- Taxonomy in a changed world -- The ruin of war and the synthesis of biology -- Naturalists in a changed landscape.



9781421406008 9781421406503


Jordan, Karl, 1861-1959.


Entomologists--Biography.
Taxonomists--Biography.
Biology--Classification.


Electronic Books.

QL31 / .O734 2012