Birds of empire, birds of nation : a history of science, economy, and conservation in United States-Colombia relations /
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bogotá D.C., Colombia :
Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales-CESO, Departamento de Historia : Ediciones Uniandes,
[2012]
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| Online Access: | Digitalia Hispánica |
Table of Contents:
- 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.