Awards

• Commended for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1999.
• Runner-up for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1999.
• Short-listed for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1999
• Short-listed for Choice's Outstanding Academic Books 1999 (United States)
• Shortlisted for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1999.
• Winner of Book Prize of the Forum for the History of Science in America 1998 (United States)
• Winner of Forum for the History of Science in America Book Prize 1998.

Overview

This is a history of American ornithology, from the death of John James Audubon to World War II. The book shows how efforts to form a scientific community distinct from popular birders met with only partial success. The founding of the American Ornithologist's Union in 1883 and the subsequent expansion of formal educational and employment opportunities in ornithology marked important milestones in this campaign, Yet, by the middle of the 20th century, when ornithology had finally achieved ther status of a modern profession, its practitioners remained dependant on the services of birdwatchers and other amateur enthusiasts. Environmental issues are also discussed in the account as the author traces areas of both co-operation and conflict between ornithologists and wildlife conservationists.

Full Product Details

Author:   Mark V. Barrow, Jr.
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.70cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.482kg
ISBN:  

9780691049540

ISBN 10:   0691049548
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   27 February 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

"ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE The Culture of Collecting Roosevelt's Museum The Culture of Collecting Quantitative Dimensions Collecting Conflicts CHAPTER TWO Desiderata: Bird Collecting and Community Recruiting Ridgway Early American Collections Collecting Networks Serial Collecting Sporting Naturalists Collecting and Identification Guides Perilous Pursuits Women Ornithologists CHAPTER THREE Forging Boundaries, Creating Occupational Space The Gathering The Nuttall Club Creating the AOU ""Amateurs"" and the AOU Forging a Profession I Forging a Profession II The Shufeldt Affair Membership Redux CHAPTER FOUR Nomenclatural Reform and the Quest for Standards and Stability Disciplining Ornithology The Geography of Species The ""American"" Subspecies Concept The AOU and Nomenclatural Reform Plain English Trinomial Woes CHAPTER FIVE Embracing and Abandoning Bird Protection Chapman's Parakeets Discovering Extinction Embracing Bird Protection Grinnell's Audubon Society Critics of Conservation Permit Perturbations Abandoning Bird Protection CHAPTER SIX Protecting Birds, Protecting Ornithologists Reviving the Movement Dutcher's Push for Protection Redefining Ornithology Conserve the Collector A Crisis in Conservation Renewing the Conservation Commitment CHAPTER SEVEN Birdwatchers, Scientists, and the Politics of Vision Cooperation and Conflict A Field Guide to Birdwatching Constructing Observational Networks Birdwatching, Bird Banding, and the Biological Survey Cooperative Life-History Studies The Problem of Sight Records Palmer's Qualms CHAPTER EIGHT Reforming American Ornithology The State of the Union Graduate Training in Ornithology Enter Ernst Mayr Making Space for Nice Reforming the AOU CONCLUSION NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX"

Reviews

Lively drama, complete with colorful characters, harrowing escapes, class struggles and personal triumphs... I was gripped from cover to cover by this book and gained enormous insights into my roots. -- John W. Fitzpatrick Nature In these pages, one senses a palpable kinship between the present birding world and the generations ... who preceded us... Ironically the subject material seems altogether contemporary, as reflective of our own passion for birds as of that of our predecessors. -- Ted Floyd Birding Barrow's entertainingly informative work mines rich veins of archive material, both scientific and lay, in order to chart the special relationship which has developed over the years between the professional ornithologist and the collector, the taxidermist, the conservationist and the amateur birdwatcher. The Times Literary Supplement Barrow's work provides an enormously useful guide to an impressive range of subjects in the history of science, far broader than the subject of the book itself... Highly readable... -- Jane R. Camerini Isis History and bird lovers alike will find A Passion for Birds by Mark V. Barrow, Jr. interesting ... with its colorful story and cast of characters. Birder's World Closely argued, engagingly written, punctuated with humor and insight, A Passion for Birds combines scholarship with accessibility. -- Michael Edmonds Environmental History

Winner of the 1998 Forum for the History of Science in America Book Prize One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1999 Lively drama, complete with colorful characters, harrowing escapes, class struggles and personal triumphs... I was gripped from cover to cover by this book and gained enormous insights into my roots. --John W. Fitzpatrick, Nature In these pages, one senses a palpable kinship between the present birding world and the generations ... who preceded us... Ironically the subject material seems altogether contemporary, as reflective of our own passion for birds as of that of our predecessors. --Ted Floyd, Birding Barrow's entertainingly informative work mines rich veins of archive material, both scientific and lay, in order to chart the special relationship which has developed over the years between the professional ornithologist and the collector, the taxidermist, the conservationist and the amateur birdwatcher. --The Times Literary Supplement Barrow's work provides an enormously useful guide to an impressive range of subjects in the history of science, far broader than the subject of the book itself... Highly readable... --Jane R. Camerini, Isis History and bird lovers alike will find A Passion for Birds by Mark V. Barrow, Jr. interesting ... with its colorful story and cast of characters. --Birder's World Closely argued, engagingly written, punctuated with humor and insight, A Passion for Birds combines scholarship with accessibility. --Michael Edmonds, Environmental History

Author Information

Mark V. Barrow, Jr., is Associate Professor of History at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

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