Birders of Africa : History of a network /

In this unique and unprecedented study of birding in Africa, historian Nancy Jacobs reconstructs the collaborations between well-known ornithologists and the largely forgotten guides, hunters, and taxidermists who assisted them. Drawing on ethnography, scientific publications, private archives, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jacobs, Nancy J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2016.
Colección:Yale agrarian studies.
Temas:
Bird watchers > Africa > History.
Ornithologists > Africa > History.
Traditional ecological knowledge > Africa.
Ornithologues amateurs > Afrique > Histoire.
Ornithologues > Afrique > Histoire.
Savoirs écologiques traditionnels > Afrique.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
Bird watchers
Ornithologists
Traditional ecological knowledge
Ornithologe
Ornithologie
Africa
Subsaharisches Afrika
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Vernacular birding and ornithology in Africa. African vernacular birding traditions ; Early birding contact, 1500-1700 ; Ornithology comes to Southern Africa, 1700-1900 ; Authority in vernacular traditions and ornithology
  • Part II. Lives of birders. The boundaries of birding ; The honor of collecting ; The respectability of museum work ; Birding revolutions.

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