Reviews The Nature Study Movement by Kevin C. Armitage Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Science News January 15, 2010 at 2:27 pm A scholar describes the amateur naturalists of the late 19th century and their influence on modern environmentalism. THE NATURE STUDY MOVEMENT BY KEVIN C. ARMITAGE University Press of Kansas, 2009, 291 p., $34.95.