Alexander Wilson : enlightened naturalist / edited by Edward H. Burtt Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burtt, Edward H., Jr., editor.

Series:

Aperçus (Lewisburg, Pa.)

Apercus: Histories Texts Cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813.

Wilson, Alexander.

Ornithologists--United States--Biography.

Ornithologists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press, 2016.

Summary:

When talking about the Enlightenment, ornithology is seldom the first topic of conversation.Still, Enlightenment and ornithology converge in one important respect, that of abundance.In our time, new-wave ornithologists have renewed their faith in eighteenth-century expectations for the discovery of a gigantic number of bird species.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations and Tables

Tribute to Jed Burtt (1948-2016)

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Biographical Sketch

Ch01. Alexander Wilson: Scots Poet

Verses fromAmerica

Photospread

Ch03. The Art of Illustrating Nature

Ch04. American Ornithology: Exemplar of Scientific Creativity

Ch05. Bird Species: Then and Now

Bibliography

Index

About the Contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 26, 2016).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61148-796-X

OCLC:

960902286