Contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Contributors VII
4. Librarian's Note IX
5. 1. Plagiarism as Dialogue: George Chalmers, William Robertson, and John Marshall's Life of George Washington 1
6. 2. Reproducing Rotifers: "Working Images" and the Making of a Microscopy Community in the Nineteenth Century 19
7. 3. Benjamin Smith Barton's Natural History Network: Local Knowledge and Atlantic Community 45
8. 4. Planting the Seeds of Empire: Botanical Gardens and Correspondence Networks in Antebellum America 67
9. 5. Science, Skepticism, and Societies: The Politics of Knowledge Creation in the Early Republic 83
10. Index 101