Red coats and wild birds : how military ornithologists and migrant birds shaped empire /

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"During the nineteenth century, Britain maintained a complex network of garrisons to manage its global empire. While these bases helped the British project power and secure trade routes, they served more than just a strategic purpose. During their tours abroad, many British officers engaged in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Greer, Kirsten A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Series:Flows, migrations, and exchanges.
Subjects:
Blakiston, Thomas Wright, > 1832-1891.
Blakiston, Thomas Wright, > 1832-1891
1800-1899
Ornithologists > Great Britain > History > 19th century > Biography.
Migratory birds > Social aspects > Mediterranean Region.
Ornithologues > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle > Biographies.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > General.
Armed Forces > Officers
British colonies
Geography
Ornithologists
Great Britain > Armed Forces > Officers > History > 19th century > Biography.
Great Britain > Colonies > Geography.
Great Britain > Colonies > History > 19th century.
Mediterranean Region > History > 19th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Géographie.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Méditerranée, Région de la > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Great Britain
Mediterranean Region
Electronic books.
Biographies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Redcoats and wild birds across the British Empire
  • Thomas Wright Blakiston : Crimean scientific war hero
  • Andrew Leith Adams : Mediterranean semi-tropicality
  • Howard Irby : British military ornithology on the "Rock"
  • Philip Savile Grey Reid : red coats and wild birds on the homefront
  • Military ornithology in place : territoriality, situated knowledges, and heterogeneities.

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