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Author : John Sterling Kingsley,Elliott Coues
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : UCSD:31822000641803
Author : John Sterling Kingsley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Zoology
ISBN : OCLC:606183046
Author : Nicholas Jardine,J. A. Secord,E. C. Spary
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1996-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0521558948
This copiously illustrated volume is the first systematic general work to do justice to the fruits of recent scholarship in the history of natural history. Public interest in this lively field has been stimulated by environmental concerns and through links with the histories of art, collecting and gardening. The centrality of the development of natural history for other branches of history - medical, colonial, gender, economic, ecological - is increasingly recognized. Twenty-four specially commissioned essays cover the period from the sixteenth century, when the first institutions of natural history were created, to its late nineteenth-century transformation by practitioners of the new biological sciences. An introduction discusses novel approaches that have made this a major focus for research in cultural history. The essays, which include suggestions for further reading, offer a coherent and accessible overview of a fascinating subject. An epilogue highlights the relevance of this wide-ranging survey for current debates on museum practice, the display of ecological diversity and concerns about the environment.
Author : Ross J. Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-13
Category : Human ecology
ISBN : 0367244128
There is a significant absence of engagement in the literature with how natural heritage is represented today within museums, parks and natural sites as well as within political, media and public discourse. This book fills this important gap by exploring the heritage of natural history in Britain.
Author : John Sterling Kingsley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : OCLC:606183056
Author : Eric Dorfman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315531878
Natural history museums are changing, both because of their own internal development and in response to changes in context. Historically, the aim of collecting from nature was to develop encyclopedic assemblages to satisfy human curiosity and build a basis for taxonomic information. Today, with global biodiversity in rapid decline, there are new reasons to build and maintain collections, while audiences are more diverse, numerous, and technically savvy. Institutions must learn to embrace new technology while retaining the authenticity of their stories and the value placed on their objects. The Future of Natural History Museums begins to develop a cohesive discourse that balances the disparate issues that our institutions will face over the next decades. It disassembles the topic into various key elements and, through commentary and synthesis, explores a cohesive picture of the trajectory of the natural history museum sector. This book contributes to the study of collections, teaching and learning, ethics, and running non-profit businesses and will be of interest to museum and heritage professionals and academics and senior students in Biological Sciences and Museum Studies.
Author : Eleanor Jane Sterling,Martha Maud Hurley,Le Duc Minh
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780300128215
A country uncommonly rich in plants, animals, and natural habitats, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam shelters a significant portion of the world’s biological diversity, including rare and unique organisms and an unusual mixture of tropical and temperate species. This book is the first comprehensive account of Vietnam’s natural history in English. Illustrated with maps, photographs, and thirty-five original watercolor illustrations, the book offers a complete tour of the country’s plants and animals along with a full discussion of the factors shaping their evolution and distribution. Separate chapters focus on northern, central, and southern Vietnam, regions that encompass tropics, subtropics, mountains, lowlands, wetland and river regions, delta and coastal areas, and offshore islands. The authors provide detailed descriptions of key natural areas to visit, where a traveler might explore limestone caves or glimpse some of the country’s twenty-seven monkey and ape species and more than 850 bird species. The book also explores the long history of humans in the country, including the impact of the Vietnam-American War on plants and animals, and describes current efforts to conserve Vietnam’s complex, fragile, and widely threatened biodiversity.
Author : John Sterling Kingsley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Zoology
ISBN : OCLC:606182942
Author : John Sterling Kingsley,Elliott Coues
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : HARVARD:HN6N25
Author : John Sterling Kingsley
Publisher : Alpha Edition
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9353975417
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Author : Rob Dunn
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781399800150
Over the past century, our species has made unprecedented technological innovations with which we have sought to control nature. In A Natural History of the Future, biologist Rob Dunn argues that such efforts are futile. We may see ourselves as life's overlords, but we are instead at its mercy. In the evolution of antibiotic resistance, the power of natural selection to create biodiversity, and even the surprising life of the London Underground, Dunn finds laws of life that no human activity can annul. When we create artificial islands of crops, dump toxic waste, or build communities, we provide new materials for old laws to shape. Life's future flourishing is not in question. Ours is. A Natural History of the Future sets a new standard for understanding the diversity and destiny of life itself.
Author : Eugene S. Hunn
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780816534333
A Zapotec Natural History is an extraordinary book that describe the people of a small town in Mexico and their remarkable knowledge of the natural world in which they live. San Juan Gbëë is a Zapotec Indian community located in the state of Oaxaca, a region of great biological diversity. Eugene S. Hunn is a well-known anthropologist and ethnobiologist who has spent many years working in San Juan Gbëë, studying its residents and their knowledge of the local environment. Here Hunn writes sensitively and respectfully about the rich understanding of local flora and fauna that village inhabitants have acquired and transmitted over many centuries. In this village everyone, young children included, can identify and name hundreds of local plants, animals, and fungi, together with the details of their life cycles, habitat preferences, and functions in the economic, aesthetic, and spiritual lives of the town. Part 1 of this two-part work describes the community, the subsistence farming practices of its residents, the nomenclature and classification of the local biological taxonomy, the use of plants for treating illnesses, and the ritual and decorative roles of flowers. Part 2 is available online, and includes detailed inventories of all plant, animal, and fungal categories recognized by San Juan’s people; a series of indexes; a library of more than 1,200 images illustrating the town’s plants, people, landscapes, and daily activities; and sounds of village life.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1931
Category : Natural history
ISBN : CORNELL:31924065158119
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1907
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : OCLC:904591631
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1908
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : UOM:39015031110292