![]() | My Work Is That of Conservation Subjects: Environmental protection; African American farmers; Agricultural conservation; Conservationists; African American scientists; African American agriculturists; Agriculturists; 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. |
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