03085nam 2200661 a 450 991081778070332120240514051929.00-19-991269-60-19-025437-81-283-34904-397866133490400-19-983812-7(CKB)2550000000063785(EBL)796060(OCoLC)762325135(SSID)ssj0000537861(PQKBManifestationID)12181292(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537861(PQKBWorkID)10557297(PQKB)11754333(StDuBDS)EDZ0001029518(MiAaPQ)EBC796060(Au-PeEL)EBL796060(CaPaEBR)ebr10509699(CaONFJC)MIL334904(OCoLC)710815990(FINmELB)ELB162333(EXLCZ)99255000000006378520110329d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn the field, among the feathered a history of birders and their guides /Thomas R. Dunlap1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20111 online resource (252 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-973459-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: Getting Started; ONE: Shooting Birds with Opera Glasses; TWO: A Book for a Hobby, 1889-1920; PART II: The Mature Guide & the Popular Hobby; THREE: Knowledge & Skills; FOUR: The Field Guide Comes of Age; FIVE: Birds over America; PART III: Environmental Birding; SIX: Birding in a Silent Spring; SEVEN: Environmental Birding; Conclusion: The Gyre; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; W; Y; ZAmerica 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? In the Field, Among the Feathered 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. Drawing on his experience as a passionate birder and on a wealth of archival research, Thomas Dunlap shows how the twin pursuits of recreationBird watchingUnited StatesHistoryBird watchersUnited StatesHistoryBirdsUnited StatesIdentificationHistoryBird watchingHistory.Bird watchersHistory.BirdsIdentificationHistory.598.072/3473Dunlap Thomas R.1943-523404MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817780703321In the field, among the feathered4018458UNINA