Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The Avicultural Magazine
Author: The Auk
Author: The Ibis
Author: The Emu
Author: Report
Author: South African MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Japan's Empire of Birds
Author: Annika A. CulverPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350184942
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
As a transnational history of science, Japan's Empire of Birds: Aristocrats, Anglo-Americans, and Transwar Ornithology focuses on the political aspects of highly mobile Japanese explorer-scientists, or cosmopolitan gentlemen of science, circulating between Japanese and British/American spaces in the transwar period from the 1920s to 1950s. Annika A. Culver examines a network of zoologists united by their practice of ornithology and aristocratic status. She goes on to explore issues of masculinity and race related to this amidst the backdrop of imperial Japan's interwar period of peaceful internationalism, the rise of fascism, the Japanese takeover of Manchuria, and war in China and the Pacific. Culver concludes by investigating how these scientists repurposed their aims during Japan's Allied Occupation and the Cold War. Inspired by geographer Doreen Massey, themes covered in the volume include social space and place in these specific locations and how identities transform to garner social capital and scientific credibility in transnational associations and travel for non-white scientists.
The New Natural History of Madagascar
Author: Steven M. GoodmanPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691222622
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 2296
Book Description
A marvelously illustrated reference to the natural wonders of one of the most spectacular places on earth Separated from Africa’s mainland for tens of millions of years, Madagascar has evolved a breathtaking wealth of biodiversity, becoming home to thousands of species found nowhere else on the planet. The New Natural History of Madagascar provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date synthesis available of this island nation’s priceless biological treasures. Now fully revised and expanded, this beautifully illustrated compendium features contributions by more than 600 globally renowned experts who cover the history of scientific exploration in Madagascar, as well as the island’s geology and soils, climate, forest ecology, human ecology, marine and coastal ecosystems, plants, invertebrates, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. This invaluable two-volume reference also includes detailed discussions of conservation efforts in Madagascar that showcase several successful protected area programs that can serve as models for threatened ecosystems throughout the world. Provides the most comprehensive overview of Madagascar’s rich natural historyCoedited by 18 different specialistsFeatures hundreds of new contributions by world-class expertsIncludes hundreds of new illustrationsCovers a broad array of topics, from geology and climate to animals, plants, and marine lifeSheds light on newly discovered species and draws on the latest scienceAn essential resource for anyone interested in Madagascar or tropical ecosystems in general, from biologists and conservationists to ecotourists and armchair naturalists
The History of the Collections Contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum: Libraries. The Department of Botany. The Department of Geology. The Department of Minerals. 1904
Author: British Museum (Natural History)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
The History of the Collections Contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum
Author: British Museum (Natural History)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Libraries. The Department of Botany. The Department of Geology. The Department of Minerals. 1904
Author: British Museum (Natural History)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description