Birds of empire, birds of nation : a history of science, economy, and conservation in United States-Colombia relations /

Birds of empire, birds of nation : a history of science, economy, and conservation in United States-Colombia relations /

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Birds of Empire, Birds of Nation reveals the history behind the trade of Colombian birds as a means of comprehending the scientific, economic, and environmental relations between the United States and Colombia from the 1880s to the 1960s. Through the study of the feather trade, scientific expedition...

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Tác giả chính: Quintero Toro, Camilo (Tác giả)
Định dạng: Điện tử eBook
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Bogotá D.C., Colombia : Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales-CESO, Departamento de Historia : Ediciones Uniandes, [2012]
Những chủ đề:
Science and nature > Environmental aspects > Colombia.
Science and nature > Environmental aspects > United States.
Birds > Economic aspects > Colombia > History.
Birds > Economic aspects > United States > History.
Feather industry > Colombia > History.
Feather industry > United States > History.
Colombia > Commerce > United States > History.
United States > Commerce > Colombia > History.
Birds > Conservation > Colombia.
Birds > Conservation > United States.
Electronic books.
Truy cập trực tuyến:Digitalia Hispánica
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Mục lục:
  • Birds and a place for nature in United States-Colombia relations
  • Commodities and fashion objects
  • Natural history collections : the birds of Colombia travel to Europe
  • Decorating women's hats
  • The rise of conservation
  • A closer look at the Colombian context
  • Power and imperial relations
  • Turn to scientific expeditions
  • Early expeditions : Santa Marta 1898-1899
  • Changing questions, changing styles in the field
  • Perceiving Colombia through the landscape
  • Everyday cultures and field styles of North American expeditions
  • The La Salle brothers and the AMNH connection
  • Nation, nature, and naturalists
  • Collecting Colombia's avifauna
  • Nation and nature
  • Political economy and the interactions of U.S. and Colombian naturalists
  • The importance of region : naturalists in Popayán
  • Environmental bridges and national parks
  • Wildlife protection goes global
  • Migrating birds : the ICBP in Latin America
  • Promoting nature protection in the Western Hemisphere : the North American Initiative
  • Organizing and institutionalizing bird and nature protection in Latin America
  • Latin American conservation from within : Colombia's struggle to defend wildlife
  • An ornithologist's push for national parks.

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