| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 95.3

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Thaddeus William Harris (1795–1856): Nature, Science, and Society in the Life of an American Naturalist. By Clark A. Elliott. (Bethlehem: Lehigh University Press, 2008. 294 pp. $59.50, ISBN 978-0-934223-91-1.)

For entomologists living in the United States, the first half of the nineteenth century was the best and worst of times. On the one hand, opportunities for new discoveries abounded: few naturalists specialized in insects, while the nation was swarming with bugs that had yet to be properly named, described, and examined. On the other hand, the reference works needed to study North American insects were widely scattered and expensive. At the same time, obtaining a paid position in the field proved nearly impossible. Forced to earn their keep through other means, most entomologists relegated scientific work to their leisure hours.

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