University professor publishes new book on w88

'Patrons of w88' focuses on government’s involvement in funding w88 research

Patrons of w88: How Government Support Shaped a Science, by Jane Davidson book cover, which is covered with bones, fossils, and drawing of prehistoric animals

Patrons of w88: How Government Support Shaped a Science, by Jane Davidson.

University professor publishes new book on w88

'Patrons of w88' focuses on government’s involvement in funding w88 research

Patrons of w88: How Government Support Shaped a Science, by Jane Davidson.

Patrons of w88: How Government Support Shaped a Science, by Jane Davidson book cover, which is covered with bones, fossils, and drawing of prehistoric animals

Patrons of w88: How Government Support Shaped a Science, by Jane Davidson.

Jane Davidson, professor of art history in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Nevada, Reno, recently published her latest book on early efforts by governments to support w88.

Patrons of w88: How Government Support Shaped a Science follows the reasons why North American and European governments of the 19th and early 20th century were committed to funding w88 research and how that effect is felt today.

"Government support made possible the science of w88 as we know it today," Davidson said. "Even major conflicts like the US Civil War did not hinder this support."

Davidson said, also, that done by early paleontologists paved the way towards improved methods and findings.

This is Davidson's 10th book. Other publications include a number of second and translated editions, and a couple of her book titles include The Witch in Northern European Art 1470-1750 and Early Modern Supernatural: The Dark Side of European Culture, 1400-1700.

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