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Birds and Men : American Birds in Science, Art, Literature, and Conservation, 1800–1900 / Robert Henry Welker.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©1955Edition: Reprint 2014Description: 1 online resource (230 p.) : 40 halftonesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674436817
  • 9780674436824
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 598.2973
LOC classification:
  • QL681 .W4
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. New Lands, New Birds -- 2. Pioneer and Prophet: Alexander Wilson -- 3. The "American Ornithology" -- 4. A Meeting of Consequence -- 5. Fulfilling Genius: John James Audubon -- 6. Bird Art and Audubon -- 7. Literary Birdman: Henry David Thoreau -- 8. Emerson and Other Worthies -- 9. "John o' Birds''' : John Burroughs -- 10. American Bird Poetry: Whitman and Others -- 11. End-of-the-Century Prose -- 12. The Beginnings of Conservation -- 13. Federal and State Bird Books -- 14. Educating a Wider Public -- 15. Boys, Pot-Hunters, and Women Enemies of Birds -- 16. Rescue at Hand -- Selected Bibliography -- INDEX
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674436824

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. New Lands, New Birds -- 2. Pioneer and Prophet: Alexander Wilson -- 3. The "American Ornithology" -- 4. A Meeting of Consequence -- 5. Fulfilling Genius: John James Audubon -- 6. Bird Art and Audubon -- 7. Literary Birdman: Henry David Thoreau -- 8. Emerson and Other Worthies -- 9. "John o' Birds''' : John Burroughs -- 10. American Bird Poetry: Whitman and Others -- 11. End-of-the-Century Prose -- 12. The Beginnings of Conservation -- 13. Federal and State Bird Books -- 14. Educating a Wider Public -- 15. Boys, Pot-Hunters, and Women Enemies of Birds -- 16. Rescue at Hand -- Selected Bibliography -- INDEX

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In English.

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