Birdscapes : Birds in Our Imagination and Experience /

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What draws us to the beauty of a peacock, the flight of an eagle, or the song of a nightingale? Why are birds so significant in our lives and our sense of the world? And what do our ways of thinking about and experiencing birds tell us about ourselves? Birdscapes is a unique meditation on the variet...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mynott, Jeremy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Human-animal relationships.
Bird watching.
NATURE / Birdwatching Guides
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
Relations homme-animal.
Oiseaux > Aspect psychologique.
Oiseaux > Observation.
Birds > Psychological aspects.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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