Henry William Ravenel, 1814-1887: South Carolina Scientist in the Civil War Era

by Tamara Miner Haywood and Tamara Miner Haygood

"Provides an engaging and illuminating view of the culture of the South and the study of natural history. . . . Ravenel's achievements, Haygood argues, refute Clement Eaton's contention that slavery stifled creative thought; they also modify the more extravagant claim for southern equality with northern science made in Thomas Cary Johnson's Scientific Interests in the Old South (1936)."

--American Historical Review

"Convincingly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817302972
• ISBN13: 9780817302979
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"