Birders of Africa History of a Network

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Synopsis

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.

Book details

Series:
Yale Agrarian Studies Series
Author:
Nancy J. Jacobs
ISBN:
9780300220803
Related ISBNs:
9780300209617
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2019-04-14
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2016
Copyright by:
Yale University Press 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Animals, History, Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Science