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Passions for birds : science, sentiment, and sport /
"Whether as sources of joy and pleasure to be fed, counted, and watched, as objects of sport to be hunted and killed, or as food to be harvested, wild birds evoke strong feelings. Sean Nixon traces the transformation of these human passions for wild birds from the early twentieth century throug...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
[2022]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 'A Creed for Bird watching': Bird Study and the New Bird Science
- A Nation of Bird watchers? The Rise of Recreational Bird watching
- 'A Close-up View of Birds': Nature Reserves, Conservation and Watching Birds
- Landscapes of Loss: Wild Birds and Environmental Crisis
- Wildfowling and Sporting Naturalism
- 'Princes of the Air': Falconry and the Lure of Birds of Prey
- Harvesting the Sea and the Air: Food Customs and Wild Birds.