Description
Product ID: | 9781469649832 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Series: | Flows, Migrations, and Exchanges |
Title: | Red Coats and Wild Birds |
Subtitle: | How Military Ornithologists and Migrant Birds Shaped Empire |
Authors: | Author: Kirsten A. Greer |
Page Count: | 190 |
Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, Military history, Zoology: birds (ornithology), Applied ecology, Military history, Birds (ornithology), Applied ecology, British Empire, c 1800 to c 1900 |
Description: | Select Guide Rating During the nineteenth century, Britain maintained a complex network of garrisons to manage its global empire. During their tours abroad, many British officers engaged in formal and informal scientific research. In this ambitious history of ornithology and empire, Kirsten A. Greer tracks British officers as they moved around the world. |
Imprint Name: | The University of North Carolina Press |
Publisher Name: | The University of North Carolina Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2019-11-30 |