Birds and us : a 12,000-year history from cave art to conservation
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Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2022].
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xx, 441 pages, 32 unnumbered pages plates : illustrations, some color, map, portraits, photographs, drawings ; 25 cm
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Published
Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2022].
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English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Since the dawn of human history, birds have stirred our imagination, inspiring and challenging our ideas about science, faith, art, and philosophy. We have worshipped birds as gods, hunted them for sustenance, adorned ourselves with their feathers, studied their wings to engineer flight, and, more recently, attempted to protect them. In Birds and Us, award-winning writer and ornithologist Tim Birkhead takes us on a dazzling epic journey through our mutual history with birds, from the ibises mummified and deified by Ancient Egyptians to the Renaissance fascination with woodpecker anatomy―and from the Victorian obsession with egg collecting to today’s fight to save endangered species and restore their habitats.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Birkhead, T. (2022). Birds and us: a 12,000-year history from cave art to conservation . Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Birkhead, Tim. 2022. Birds and Us: A 12,000-year History From Cave Art to Conservation. Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Birkhead, Tim. Birds and Us: A 12,000-year History From Cave Art to Conservation Princeton University Press, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Birkhead, Tim. Birds and Us: A 12,000-year History From Cave Art to Conservation Princeton University Press, 2022.
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