A Passion for Birds: American Ornithology after Audubon by Mark V. Barrow, Jr. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page 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