| My Work Is That of Conservation: An Environmental Biography of George Washington Carver Subjects: Carver George Washington 1864?-1943; Carver George Washington 1864?-1943 -- Political and social views; Agriculturists -- United States -- Biography; African American agriculturists -- Biography; African American scientists -- Biography; Conservationi; George Washington Carver (ca. 1864-1943) is at once one of the most familiar and misunderstood figures in American history. In My Work Is That of Conservation , Mark D. Hersey reveals the life and work of this fascinating man who is widely--and reductively--known as the African American scientist who developed a wide variety of uses for the peanut. MARK D. HERSEY is an assistant professor of history at Mississippi State University. |