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490 1 a| Flows, migrations, and exchanges;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-166) and index.;

505 0 a| Redcoats and wild birds across the British Empire -- Thomas Wright Blakiston : Crimean scientific war hero -- Andrew Leith Adams : Mediterranean semi-tropicality -- Howard Irby : British military ornithology on the "Rock" -- Philip Savile Grey Reid : red coats and wild birds on the homefront -- Military ornithology in place : territoriality, situated knowledges, and heterogeneities.;

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520 a| "During the nineteenth century, Britain maintained a complex network of garrisons to manage its global empire. While these bases helped the British project power and secure trade routes, they served more than just a strategic purpose. During their tours abroad, many British officers engaged in formal and informal scientific research. In this ambitious history of ornithology and empire, Kirsten A. Greer tracks British officers as they moved around the world, just as migratory birds traversed borders from season to season"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Red coats and wild birds how military ornithologists and migrant birds shaped empire / Kirsten A. Greer.

Author/creator	Greer, Kirsten A.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Description	xiv, 174 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Oxford UNC Press Titles
Supplemental Content	Full text available from JSTOR University of North Carolina Press Publisher Collection (Backlist)
Subjects	Blakiston, Thomas Wright, 1832-1891. Ornithologists--Great Britain. --History. --19th century. --Biography. Migratory birds--Social aspects. --Mediterranean Region. Great Britain--Armed Forces. --Officers. --History. --19th century. --Biography. Great Britain--Colonies. --Geography. Great Britain--Colonies. --History. --19th century. Mediterranean Region--History. --19th century.

Series	Flows, migrations, and exchanges Flows, migrations, and exchanges. ^A1347336
Contents	Redcoats and wild birds across the British Empire -- Thomas Wright Blakiston : Crimean scientific war hero -- Andrew Leith Adams : Mediterranean semi-tropicality -- Howard Irby : British military ornithology on the "Rock" -- Philip Savile Grey Reid : red coats and wild birds on the homefront -- Military ornithology in place : territoriality, situated knowledges, and heterogeneities.
Abstract	"During the nineteenth century, Britain maintained a complex network of garrisons to manage its global empire. While these bases helped the British project power and secure trade routes, they served more than just a strategic purpose. During their tours abroad, many British officers engaged in formal and informal scientific research. In this ambitious history of ornithology and empire, Kirsten A. Greer tracks British officers as they moved around the world, just as migratory birds traversed borders from season to season"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-166) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2019019412
ISBN	9781469649825 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9781469649832 (pbk : alk. paper)

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