Parrot culture : our 2,500-year-long fascination with the world's most talkative bird / Bruce Thomas...
Parrot culture : our 2,500-year-long fascination with the world's most talkative bird / Bruce Thomas...
Parrot culture : our 2,500-year-long fascination with the world's most talkative bird / Bruce Thomas Boehrer.
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Publisher
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004.
Date
2004.
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N636.6865/28
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Language
English
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p. cm.
Contents
Prologue : circa 40 million B.C. -- Ch. 1. Invasion of the parrots -- Ch. 2. Mysteries and marvels -- Ch. 3. Return of the parrots -- Ch. 4. Unhappy bird! -- Ch. 5. Dead parrot sketch -- Ch. 6. Extinction and beyond.
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Publisher
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004.
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania
Date Published
2004.
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"Parrot Culture: Our 2500-Year-Long Fascination with the World's Most Talkative Bird traces the unusual history of parrots in Europe from the Graeco-Roman love of oriental luxury, through the great age of New World exploration, to the contemporary ecological crisis of globalism. Boehrer identifies the poignant irony in the way parrots became ubiqui...
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Parrot culture : our 2,500-year-long fascination with the world's most talkative bird / Bruce Thomas Boehrer.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N636.6865/28
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74VKwzGGBkE3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKwzGGBkE3
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ISBN
0812237935 (alk. paper)
9780812237931 (alk. paper)
DDC
636.6865
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991018334609702626
