Book ID: CBB515194938

Birders of Africa: History of a Network (2016)

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Jacobs, Nancy J. (Author)


Yale University Press


Publication Date: 2016
Physical Details: 352
Language: English

In this unique and unprecedented study of birding in Africa, historian Nancy Jacobs reconstructs the collaborations between well-known ornithologists and the largely forgotten guides, hunters, and taxidermists who worked with them. Drawing on ethnography, scientific publications, private archives, and interviews, Jacobs asks: How did white ornithologists both depend on and operate distinctively from African birders? What investment did African birders have in collaborating with ornithologists? By distilling the interactions between European science and African vernacular knowledge, this stunningly illustrated work offers a fascinating examination of the colonial and postcolonial politics of expertise about nature.

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Review James C. McCann (2018) Review of "Birders of Africa: History of a Network". American Historical Review (pp. 669-670). unapi

Review Christopher R. Conz (2016) Review of "Birders of Africa: History of a Network". International Journal of African Historical Studies (pp. 297-299). unapi

Review Frederick R. Davis (January 2017) Review of "Birders of Africa: History of a Network". Environmental History (pp. 143-145). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Morris, Pat A.
Kate Hunter
Crane, Rosi
Larsson, Eleanor
Sean Nixon
Juan José Ferrero García
Concepts
Birds
Taxidermy
Hunting; trapping
Natural history
Ornithology
Collectors and collecting
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Medieval
Bronze age
20th century, late
Places
United States
New Zealand
France
Great Britain
Africa
Atlantic world
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