Author: Daniel Lewis
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300183453
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
"Long forgotten, the Smithsonian Institution's first curator of birds, Robert Ridgway, is one of America's most important scientists. This book centers itself around a biographical treatment of Ridgway, but even more important considers what it meant to be a professional and an amateur in biology in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, and shows how the field of ornithology was professionalized as evolutionary theory made its mark on the study of birds"--Provided by publisher.
The Feathery Tribe
Author: Daniel Lewis
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300183453
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
"Long forgotten, the Smithsonian Institution's first curator of birds, Robert Ridgway, is one of America's most important scientists. This book centers itself around a biographical treatment of Ridgway, but even more important considers what it meant to be a professional and an amateur in biology in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, and shows how the field of ornithology was professionalized as evolutionary theory made its mark on the study of birds"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300183453
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
"Long forgotten, the Smithsonian Institution's first curator of birds, Robert Ridgway, is one of America's most important scientists. This book centers itself around a biographical treatment of Ridgway, but even more important considers what it meant to be a professional and an amateur in biology in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, and shows how the field of ornithology was professionalized as evolutionary theory made its mark on the study of birds"--Provided by publisher.
The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America: Wild tribes. 1874
Author: Hubert Howe Bancroft
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Extensive anthropological, ethnographic, linguistic, archaeological, and historical work on the Indians of the North, Central, and South Americas and, in North America, as far east as the Mississippi Valley.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Extensive anthropological, ethnographic, linguistic, archaeological, and historical work on the Indians of the North, Central, and South Americas and, in North America, as far east as the Mississippi Valley.
The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 1, Wild Tribes
Author: Hubert Bancroft
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040618840
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1556
Book Description
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040618840
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1556
Book Description
Avian Reservoirs
Author: Frédéric Keck
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 1478007559
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
After experiencing the SARS outbreak in 2003, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan all invested in various techniques to mitigate future pandemics involving myriad cross-species interactions between humans and birds. In some locations microbiologists allied with veterinarians and birdwatchers to follow the mutations of flu viruses in birds and humans and create preparedness strategies, while in others, public health officials worked toward preventing pandemics by killing thousands of birds. In Avian Reservoirs Frédéric Keck offers a comparative analysis of these responses, tracing how the anticipation of bird flu pandemics has changed relations between birds and humans in China. Drawing on anthropological theory and ethnographic fieldwork, Keck demonstrates that varied strategies dealing with the threat of pandemics—stockpiling vaccines and samples in Taiwan, simulating pandemics in Singapore, and monitoring viruses and disease vectors in Hong Kong—reflect local geopolitical relations to mainland China. In outlining how interactions among pathogens, birds, and humans shape the way people imagine future pandemics, Keck illuminates how interspecies relations are crucial for protecting against such threats.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 1478007559
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
After experiencing the SARS outbreak in 2003, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan all invested in various techniques to mitigate future pandemics involving myriad cross-species interactions between humans and birds. In some locations microbiologists allied with veterinarians and birdwatchers to follow the mutations of flu viruses in birds and humans and create preparedness strategies, while in others, public health officials worked toward preventing pandemics by killing thousands of birds. In Avian Reservoirs Frédéric Keck offers a comparative analysis of these responses, tracing how the anticipation of bird flu pandemics has changed relations between birds and humans in China. Drawing on anthropological theory and ethnographic fieldwork, Keck demonstrates that varied strategies dealing with the threat of pandemics—stockpiling vaccines and samples in Taiwan, simulating pandemics in Singapore, and monitoring viruses and disease vectors in Hong Kong—reflect local geopolitical relations to mainland China. In outlining how interactions among pathogens, birds, and humans shape the way people imagine future pandemics, Keck illuminates how interspecies relations are crucial for protecting against such threats.
Animal Motifs in Asian Art
Author: Katherine M. Ball
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486147304
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Highly readable authoritative reference, rich with sidelights from literature and legend, explains animal symbolism in art of the Far East. The 673 black-and-white illustrations depict dragons, tigers, bats, butterflies, elephants, and other creatures.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486147304
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Highly readable authoritative reference, rich with sidelights from literature and legend, explains animal symbolism in art of the Far East. The 673 black-and-white illustrations depict dragons, tigers, bats, butterflies, elephants, and other creatures.
Report of the Iowa State Horticultural Society ...
Author: Iowa State Horticultural Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: Iowa State Horticultural Society, Des Moines
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Horticultural societies
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Horticultural societies
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Pacific Medical Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Transactions
Author: Iowa State Horticultural Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
New Zealand as it is
Author: John Bradshaw
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description