In the field, among the feathered
Subtitle: a history of birders & their guides
By: Thomas R. Dunlap
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780199734597
Subjects: Conservation; Guidebooks; Bird watchers; Bird watching; Identification; Birds; History
Description: America is a nation of ardent, knowledgeable birdwatchers. But how did it become so? And what role did the field guide play in our passion for spotting, watching, and describing birds? This book tells the history of field guides to birds in America from the Victorian era to the present, relating changes in the guides to shifts in science, the craft of field identification, and new technologies for the mass reproduction of images.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-235) and index.
Table of contents: title: Shooting birds with opera glasses; title: A book for a hobby, 1889-1920; title: Knowledge & skills; title: The field guide comes of age; title: Birds over America; title: Birding in a silent spring; title: Environmental birding; title: Conclusion : the gyre.