LEADER 03561nam 2200553 450 001 9910798651503321 005 20230126214632.0 010 $a0-8032-9575-8 010 $a0-8032-9573-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000861335 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4690664 035 $a(OCoLC)958937288 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse53253 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4690664 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11267631 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL955306 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000861335 100 $a20161007h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aScarlet experiment $ebirds and humans in America /$fJeff Karnicky 210 1$aLincoln, [Nebraska] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Nebraska Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (246 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a0-8032-9498-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"Scarlet Experiment explores how humanity's relationship with birds has been influenced by governmental agencies, literary renderings, and the conservation movement and uses six bird species to study the management of bird life in America from the nineteenth century to the present"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"Emily Dickinson's poem "Split the Lark" refers to the "scarlet experiment" by which scientists destroy a bird in order to learn more about it. Indeed, humans have killed hundreds of millions of birds--for science, fashion, curiosity, and myriad other reasons. In the United States alone, seven species of birds are now extinct and another ninety-three are endangered. Conversely, the U.S. conservation movement has made bird-watching more popular than ever, saving countless bird populations; and while the history of actual physical human interaction with birds is complicated, our long aesthetic and scientific interest in them is undeniable. Since the beginning of the modern conservation movement in the mid-nineteenth century, human understanding of and interaction with birds has changed profoundly. In Scarlet Experiment, Jeff Karnicky traces the ways in which birds have historically been seen as beautiful creatures worthy of protection and study and yet subject to experiments--scientific, literary, and governmental--that have irrevocably altered their relationship with humans. This examination of the management of bird life in America from the nineteenth century to today, which focuses on six bird species, finds that renderings of birds by such authors as Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, Don DeLillo, and Christopher Cokinos, have also influenced public perceptions and actions. Scarlet Experimentspeculates about the effects our decisions will have on the future of North American bird ecology"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aAnimals and civilization$zUnited States 606 $aHuman-animal relationships$zUnited States 606 $aBirds$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aAnimals$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 615 0$aAnimals and civilization 615 0$aHuman-animal relationships 615 0$aBirds$xSocial aspects 615 0$aAnimals$xSocial aspects 676 $a598.0973 686 $aNAT043000$aNAT011000$aLIT004020$2bisacsh 700 $aKarnicky$b Jeffrey$01475224 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798651503321 996 $aScarlet experiment$93689367 997 $aUNINA