Global imaginary of arid lands: Early twentieth-century united states botanists in Africa

Katherine G. Morrissey; Marcus A. Burtner

doi:10.3197/ge.2019.120105

Global imaginary of arid lands: Early twentieth-century united states botanists in Africa

Katherine G. Morrissey, Marcus A. Burtner

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From the 1890s through the 1930s, arid land scientists drew connections between US and African landscapes. As they studied desert nature at home and abroad, modified agricultural landscapes and collected and described species in the world’s deserts, they envisioned a global imaginary. This paper traces these connections and transformations, using the Sonoran Desert and US southwestern botanical scientists who traversed abroad - including William Cannon, Edgar Mearns, Robert Forbes and Homer Shantz - as case studies.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	102-133
Number of pages	32
Journal	Global Environment
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3197/ge.2019.120105
State	Published - Mar 2019

Keywords

Arid lands
Sahara
Sonoran desert

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Global and Planetary Change
History
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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