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Birds of passage : hunting and conservation in Malta / Mark-Anthony Falzon.
LIBRA SK223.M35 F35 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Falzon, Mark-Anthony, author.
- Series:
- Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; v. 25.
- Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; volume 25
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hunting--Social aspects--Malta.
- Hunting.
- Wildlife conservation--Social aspects--Malta.
- Wildlife conservation.
- Fowling--Malta.
- Fowling.
- Bird populations--Malta.
- Bird populations.
- Birds--Migration--Mediterranean Region.
- Birds.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on--Malta.
- Nature.
- Birds--Migration.
- Hunting--Social aspects.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on.
- Wildlife conservation--Social aspects.
- Malta.
- Mediterranean Region.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 244 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Bird migration between Europe and Africa is a fraught journey, particularly in the Mediterranean, where migratory birds are shot and trapped in large numbers. In Malta, thousands of hunters share a shrinking countryside. They also rub shoulders with a strong bird-protection and conservation lobby. Drawing on years of ethnographic fieldwork, this book traces the complex interactions between hunters, birds and the landscapes they inhabit, as well as the dynamics and politics of bird conservation. Birds of Passage looks at the practice and meaning of hunting in a specific context, and raises broader questions about human-wildlife interactions and the uncertain outcomes of conservation"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Troubled Journeys
- ch. 2 All in the Blood
- ch. 3 The Rising Tide of Conservation
- ch. 4 Making Place for Hunting
- ch. 5 Watching over Migrants
- ch. 6 How Many Fowl Is Fair?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Falzon, Mark-Anthony, Birds of passage
- ISBN:
- 9781789207668
- 1789207665
- OCLC:
- 1153341773
- Publisher Number:
- 99987522878
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