Название: A Passion for Birds: American Ornithology after Audubon
Автор: Jr., Mark V. Barrow
Издательство: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691044023
Год: 1998
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 326
Размер: 42,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

In the decades following the Civil War–as industrialization, urbanization, and economic expansion increasingly reshaped the landscape–many Americans began seeking adventure and aesthetic gratification through avian pursuits. By the turn of the century, hundreds of thousands of middle-and upper-class devotees were rushing to join Audubon societies, purchase field guides, and keep records of the species they encountered in the wild.