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100 1  Dugatkin, Lee Alan,|d1962- 
245 10 Mr. Jefferson and the giant moose :|bnatural history in 
       early America /|cLee Alan Dugatkin. 
246 3  Mister Jefferson and the giant moose 
264  1 Chicago :|bUniversity of Chicago Press,|c2009. 
300    xii, 166 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Preface: "A moose more precious than you can imagine" -- 
       "Dictatorial powers of the botanical gentlemen of Europe" 
       -- The count's degenerate America -- "Noxious vapors and 
       corrupt juices" -- "Not a sprig of grass that shoots 
       uninteresting" -- "Geniuses which adorn the present age" -
       - Enter the moose -- Thirty-seven-pound frogs and 
       Patagonian giants -- Extracting the "tapeworm of Europe" 
       from our brain. 
520    Capturing the essence of the origin and evolution of the 
       so-called "degeneracy debates, " over whether the flora 
       and fauna of America (including Native Americans) were 
       naturally weaker and feebler than species elsewhere in the
       world, this book chronicles Thomas Jefferson's efforts to 
       counter French conceptions of American degeneracy, 
       culminating in his sending of a stuffed moose to Buffon. 
600 10 Jefferson, Thomas,|d1743-1826|xKnowledge and learning. 
600 10 Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc,|ccomte de,|d1707-1788
       |xAttitudes. 
600 12 Jefferson, Thomas,|d1743-1826. 
600 12 Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc,|ccomte de,|d1707-1788. 
650  0 Degeneration|xEnvironmental aspects|zAmerica
       |xHistoriography|y18th century. 
650  0 Human beings|xEffect of environment on|zAmerica. 
650  0 Life sciences|xHistory|y18th century. 
650 12 Natural History|xhistory|zUnited States. 
650 22 Ecology|xhistory|zUnited States. 
650 22 Evolution|zUnited States. 
650 22 History, 18th Century|zUnited States. 
938    Baker and Taylor|bBTCP|nBK0008284879 
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