Bibliograph

In the field, among the feathered, a history of birders & their guides, Thomas R. Dunlap

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Label

In the field, among the feathered, a history of birders & their guides, Thomas R. Dunlap

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-235) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

In the field, among the feathered

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

710815990

Responsibility statement

Thomas R. Dunlap

Sub title

a history of birders & their guides

Summary

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 and conservation have inspired birders and how field guides have served as the preferred method of informal education about nature for well over a century

Table Of 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

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