Author: Walters, Frank, Firm, Booksellers, New YorkPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 908
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Walters, Frank, Firm, Booksellers, New YorkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 908
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A List of British Birds
Author: Henry Thornton WhartonPublisher:
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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The Historical Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland 1875-1900
Author: Simon HollowayPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408128667
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 867
Book Description
The landscape of Britain has been irreversibly changed over the last century. Modern agriculture, urban expansion, industry and transport have all left their mark, altering the face of the countryside forever. Shifting with the changing scene, the fortunes of Britain and Ireland's bird populations have fluctuated dramatically over the years. As current farming practices have evolved, the natural habitats and breeding patterns of many species have been disrupted. Urban and industrial growth has brought with it the pressures of new land use, pesticides, pollution and human interference. The activities of sportsmen, collectors and farmers have also taken their toll over the years. The new Poyser title The Historical Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland 1875-1900 is a fascinating book resulting form years of meticulous research by the author, Simon Holloway, who provides an absorbing account of the distribution changes of Britain and Ireland's birds over the last quarter of a century. Large colour distribution maps and their accompanying text paint a species-by-species picture of a period which completely transformed the landscape of this country. It is, says Natural World magazine, "a classic case of 'why did no one write this book before?'...The experienced birder, using a knowledge of species requirements, can only marvel at what the long-vanished landscapes were then like." Birdwatch praises Simon Holloway's achievement, saying: "This book brings together so much information from disparate sources, and its status maps present such a clear picture of our late Victorian avifauna, that it should take its place beside the BTO atlases on the bookshelf." While Birdwatching adds: "If you are interested in the historical side of birds and their populations this book will be an endless source of fascination." As with all Poyser publications, the attention to detail, the lovingly produced illustrations and the sheer breadth of knowledge demonstrated by the autho
The Auk
Author: Catalogue
Author: W. Heffer & SonsWheldon & Wesley's Catalogue
Author: Wheldon & Wesley, LtdPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library at Cornbury, March 1917
Author: Vernon James WatneyPublisher:
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Category : Private libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Classified List of Books in the Libraries on Natural Science, Useful Arts, Fine and Recreative Arts
Author: Waterloo-with-Seaforth. Public librariesPublisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Moral Entanglements
Author: Stefan BargheerPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022654396X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
At the center of Stefan Bargheer’s account of bird watching, field ornithology, and nature conservation in Britain and Germany stands the question of how values change over time and how individuals develop moral commitments. Using life history data derived from written narratives and oral histories, Moral Entanglements follows the development of conservation from the point in time at which the greatest declines in bird life took place to the current efforts in large-scale biodiversity conservation and environmental policy within the European Union. While often depicted as the outcome of an environmental revolution that has taken place since the 1960s, Bargheer demonstrates to the contrary that the relevant practices and institutions that shape contemporary conservation have evolved gradually since the early nineteenth century. Moral Entanglements further shows that the practices and institutions in which bird conservation is entangled differ between the two countries. In Britain, birds derived their meaning in the context of the game of bird watching as a leisure activity. Here birds are now, as then, the most popular and best protected taxonomic group of wildlife due to their particularly suitable status as toys in a collecting game, turning nature into a playground. In Germany, by contrast, birds were initially part of the world of work. They were protected as useful economic tools, rendering services of ecological pest control in a system of agricultural production modeled after the factory shop floor. Based on this extensive analysis, Bargheer formulates a sociology of morality informed by a pragmatist theory of value.
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