| Description |
1 online resource (x, 241 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
America is a nation of ardent, knowledgeable birdwatchers. But how did it become so? And what role did the field guide play in our passion for spotting, watching, and describing birds? In the Field, Among the Feathered tells the history of field guides to birds in America from the Victorian era to the present, relating changes in the guides to shifts in science, the craft of field identification, and new technologies for the mass reproduction of images. Drawing on his experience as a passionate birder and on a wealth of archival research, Thomas Dunlap shows how the twin pursuits of recreation. |
| Contents |
Shooting birds with opera glasses -- A book for a hobby, 1889-1920 -- Knowledge & skills -- The field guide comes of age -- Birds over America -- Birding in a silent spring -- Environmental birding -- Conclusion : the gyre. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bird watching -- United States -- History.
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Bird watching. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Bird watchers -- United States -- History.
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Bird watchers. |
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Birds -- United States -- Identification -- History.
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Birds. |
| Genre/Form |
Field guides.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780199734597 0199734593 (DLC) 2011009169 |
| ISBN |
0199838127 (electronic book) |
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9780199838127 (electronic book) |
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9781283349048 (MyiLibrary) |
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1283349043 |
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9780199734597 (alkaline paper) |
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0199734593 (alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
ebc796060 |
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