Birds and Us : A 12,000-Year History from Cave Art to Conservation
Record details
- ISBN: 0691239940
- ISBN: 9780691239941
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xx, 441 pages) : illustrations, maps
remote - Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Plates -- Preface -- 1 Of Peculiar Interest: Neolithic Birds -- 2 Inside the Catacombs: The Birds of Ancient Egypt -- 3 Talking Birds: The Beginnings of Science in Greece and Rome -- 4 Manly Pursuits: Hunting and Conspicuous Consumption -- 5 Renaissance Thinking: The Parts of Birds -- 6 The New World of Science: Francis Willughby and John Ray Discover Birds -- 7 Depending on Birds: Inconspicuous Consumption -- 8 The End of God in Birds: Darwin and Ornithology -- 9 A Dangerous Type of Bigamy: Killing Time -- 10 Watching Birds: And Seeing the Light -- 11 A Boom in Bird Studies: Behaviour, Evolution and Ecology -- 12 Ghost of the Great Auk: Third Mass Extinction -- Epilogue -- List of Birds Mentioned in the Text -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 03, 2022). |
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Subject: | Birds -- Social aspects Birds -- History Human-animal relationships NATURE / Animals / Birds |
Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. |