UID:
almafu_9959228355502883
Format:
1 online resource :
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illustrations.
ISBN:
9780300220803
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0300220804
Series Statement:
Agrarian Studies Series
Content:
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 worked with them.
Note:
Published with assistance from the Mary Cady Tew Memorial Fund.
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Previously issued in print: 2016.
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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.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Jacobs, Nancy J. Birders of Africa : history of a network. New Haven, [Connecticut] ; London, [England] : Yale University Press, c2016 ISBN 9780300209617
Language:
English
