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005			20240726105029.0
008			160922s2016 nbua ob 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9780803295759 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aQL681 _b.S337 2016
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aKarnicky, Jeffrey, _e1
245	1	0	_aScarlet experiment : _bbirds and humans in America / _cJeff Karnicky.
246	3	0	_aBirds and humans in America
260			_aLincoln : _bUniversity of Nebraska Press, _c(c)2016.
300			_a1 online resource (xxiv, 221 pages) : _b2 illustrations.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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520	0		_a"Emily Dickinson's poem "Split the Lark" refers to the "scarlet experiment" by which scientists destroy a bird in order to learn more about it. Indeed, humans have killed hundreds of millions of birds--for science, fashion, curiosity, and myriad other reasons. In the United States alone, seven species of birds are now extinct and another ninety-three are endangered. Conversely, the U.S. conservation movement has made bird-watching more popular than ever, saving countless bird populations; and while the history of actual physical human interaction with birds is complicated, our long aesthetic and scientific interest in them is undeniable. Since the beginning of the modern conservation movement in the mid-nineteenth century, human understanding of and interaction with birds has changed profoundly. In Scarlet Experiment, Jeff Karnicky traces the ways in which birds have historically been seen as beautiful creatures worthy of protection and study and yet subject to experiments--scientific, literary, and governmental--that have irrevocably altered their relationship with humans. This examination of the management of bird life in America from the nineteenth century to today, which focuses on six bird species, finds that renderings of birds by such authors as Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, Don DeLillo, and Christopher Cokinos, have also influenced public perceptions and actions. Scarlet Experimentspeculates about the effects our decisions will have on the future of North American bird ecology"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520	0		_a"Scarlet Experiment explores how humanity's relationship with birds has been influenced by governmental agencies, literary renderings, and the conservation movement and uses six bird species to study the management of bird life in America from the nineteenth century to the present"-- _cProvided by publisher.
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505	0	0	_aIntroduction: Split the lark -- _t1. Emotion and intelligence : the blue jay -- _t2. Interpellation and interiority : the European starling -- _t3. Capital and conservation : the red knot -- _t4. Nuisance and neighbor : the Canada goose -- _t5. Confusion and classification : the black-crested titmouse or tufted titmouse -- _tConclusion: The future of birds.
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650		0	_aAnimals and civilization _zUnited States.
650		0	_aHuman-animal relationships _zUnited States.
650		0	_aBirds _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aAnimals _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aBirds _xSocial aspects _zCanada.
650		0	_aBirds _xEffect of human beings on _zUnited States.
650		0	_aBirds _xEffect of human beings on _zCanada.
650		0	_aBirds _xConservation _zUnited States.
650		0	_aBirds _xConservation _zCanada.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1354285&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell