A Passion for Birds : : American Ornithology after Audubon /

A Passion for Birds : : American Ornithology after Audubon / / Mark Barrow.

In the decades following the Civil War--as industrialization, urbanization, and economic expansion increasingly reshaped the landscape--many Americans began seeking adventure and aesthetic gratification through avian pursuits. By the turn of the century, hundreds of thousands of middle-and upper-cla...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Barrow, Mark,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]
©1998
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.) :; 30 halftones, 3 line illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER ONE The Culture of Collecting
  • CHAPTER TWO Desiderata: Bird Collecting and Community
  • CHAPTER THREE Forging Boundaries, Creating Occupational Space
  • CHAPTER FOUR Nomenclatural Reform and the Quest for Standards and Stability
  • CHAPTER FIVE Embracing and Abandoning Bird Protection
  • CHAPTER SIX Protecting Birds, Protecting Ornithologists
  • CHAPTER SEVEN Birdwatchers, Scientists, and the Politics of Vision
  • CHAPTER EIGHT Reforming American Ornithology
  • CONCLUSION
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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