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Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Doctor Leach's Last Legacy: Or, His Pious and Christian Instructions
Author: The Devil Upon Two Sticks: Or, The Town Until'd: with the Comical Humours of Don Stulto, and Siegnior Jingo: as it is Acted in Pinkeman's Booth in May-Fair..
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Category : Humorous stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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General catalogue of printed books
Author: British museum. Dept. of printed booksPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 424
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The Aurelian Legacy
Author: Michael A. SalmonPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520229630
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
This entertaining and informative book traces the history of butterfly collection in Britain from the 17th century, when the study of natural history had its beginnings. Laced with anecdotes and quotations, the beautifully illustrated volume describes the equipment used and gives brief biographies of 101 deceased lepidopterists. 58 illustrations, 42 in color.
The Aurelian Legacy – a History of British Butterflies and their Collectors
Author: Michael SalmonPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004475478
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Although the collecting of butterflies is today an emotive subject, it is impossible to separate a history of British butterflies from a history of their collectors, without whose activities our knowledge of the identification, occurrence, distribution, and variation of British butterflies would be much the poorer. Liberally laced with contemporary quotations, this book brings to life the past three hundred years of butterfly study, with details of early societies, collecting equipment, biographies of 101 deceased lepidopterists, with portraits where available, as well as the chequered history in Britain of some 35 species of butterfly. The colour plates include some of the finest butterfly illustrations ever.
New Illustrated Edition of Dr. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary of All the Words in the English Language
Author: Noah WebsterPublisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1592
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Dr. Webster's complete dictionary of the English language
Author: Noah WebsterGeneral Catalogue of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Kinship and the Social Order
Author: Meyer FortesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351510037
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 655
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One of the world's most eminent social anthropologists draws upon his many years of study and research in the field of kinship and social organization to review the development of anthropological theory and method from Lewis Henry Morgan (1818-1881) to anthropologists of the 1960s. It is the central argument of this book that the structuralist theory and method developed by British and American anthropologists in the study of kinship and social organization is the direct descendant of Morgan's researches. The volume starts with a re-examination of Morgan's work. Professor Fortes demonstrates how a tradition of misinterpretation has disguised the true import of Morgan's discoveries. He follows with a detailed analysis of the work of Rivers and Radcliffe-Brown and the generation of anthropologists inspired by them. The author states his own point of view as it has developed in the framework of modern structuralist theory, with ethnographic examples examined in depth. He shows that the social relations and institutions conventionally grouped under the rubric of kinship and social organization belong simultaneously to two complementary domains of social structure, the familial and the political. Meyer Fortes' contribution to the field of anthropology can best be understood in the context of balance of forces between these domains of the personal and public. In the latter part of the book, he gives detailed attention to the principal conceptual issues that have confronted research and theory in the study of kinship and social organizations since Morgan's time. He shows that kinship institutions are autonomous, not mere by-products of economic requirements, and demonstrates the moral base of kinship in the rule of amity.
Caesar Kleberg and the King Ranch
Author: Duane M. LeachPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623495059
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
In this tribute to a pioneer conservationist, Duane M. Leach celebrates the life of an exceptional ranch manager on a legendary Texas ranch, a visionary for wildlife and modern ranch management, and an extraordinarily dedicated and generous man. Caesar Kleberg went to work on the King Ranch in 1900. For almost thirty years he oversaw the operations of the sprawling Norias division, a vast acreage in South Texas where he came to appreciate the importance of rangeland not only for cattle but also for wildlife. Creating a wildlife management and conservation initiative far ahead of its time, Kleberg established strict hunting rules and a program of enlightened habitat restoration. Because of his efforts and foresight, by his death in 1946 there were more white-tailed deer, wild turkey, bobwhite quail, javelinas, and mourning dove on the King Ranch than in the rest of the state. Kleberg’s legacy lives on at the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute in Kingsville, where a research program he helped found has gained recognition far beyond the pastures of Norias.