The Feathery Tribe
Title | The Feathery Tribe PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Lewis |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 520 |
Release | 2012-04-24 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0300183453 |
"Long forgotten, the Smithsonian Institution's first curator of birds, Robert Ridgway, is one of America's most important scientists. This book centers itself around a biographical treatment of Ridgway, but even more important considers what it meant to be a professional and an amateur in biology in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, and shows how the field of ornithology was professionalized as evolutionary theory made its mark on the study of birds"--Provided by publisher.
Avian Reservoirs
Title | Avian Reservoirs PDF eBook |
Author | Frédéric Keck |
Publisher | Duke University Press |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 2020-01-17 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1478007559 |
After experiencing the SARS outbreak in 2003, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan all invested in various techniques to mitigate future pandemics involving myriad cross-species interactions between humans and birds. In some locations microbiologists allied with veterinarians and birdwatchers to follow the mutations of flu viruses in birds and humans and create preparedness strategies, while in others, public health officials worked toward preventing pandemics by killing thousands of birds. In Avian Reservoirs Frédéric Keck offers a comparative analysis of these responses, tracing how the anticipation of bird flu pandemics has changed relations between birds and humans in China. Drawing on anthropological theory and ethnographic fieldwork, Keck demonstrates that varied strategies dealing with the threat of pandemics—stockpiling vaccines and samples in Taiwan, simulating pandemics in Singapore, and monitoring viruses and disease vectors in Hong Kong—reflect local geopolitical relations to mainland China. In outlining how interactions among pathogens, birds, and humans shape the way people imagine future pandemics, Keck illuminates how interspecies relations are crucial for protecting against such threats.
Folk-tales of Angola
Title | Folk-tales of Angola PDF eBook |
Author | Héli Chatelain |
Publisher | |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 1894 |
Genre | Folk songs, Kimbundu |
ISBN |
Report of the Iowa State Horticultural Society ...
Title | Report of the Iowa State Horticultural Society ... PDF eBook |
Author | Iowa State Horticultural Society |
Publisher | |
Pages | 648 |
Release | 1892 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Annual Report
Title | Annual Report PDF eBook |
Author | Iowa State Horticultural Society, Des Moines |
Publisher | |
Pages | 648 |
Release | 1892 |
Genre | Horticultural societies |
ISBN |
Pacific Medical Journal
Title | Pacific Medical Journal PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 852 |
Release | 1915 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Transactions
Title | Transactions PDF eBook |
Author | Iowa State Horticultural Society |
Publisher | |
Pages | 648 |
Release | 1892 |
Genre | |
ISBN |