Mark V Barrow Jr
Biographic Data
| ID | 10327268 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark V Barrow Jr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark V |
| FAMILY NAME | Barrow Jr |
| SIGNATURE | JR M V B |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Conclusion
For more than two centuries now, naturalists have been grappling with the problem of extinction. However, how they framed and responded to that problem have both changed fundamentally during that time. During the decades following the publication of Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia, a series of seismic scientific shifts not only established that the natural world had experienced profound transformations in the past but also catap…
Sounding the Alarm About Continent-Wide Wildlife Extinction
In 1876, Joel Asaph Allen, a curator at Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology, issued a series of publications in which he lamented the decline of North America's wildlife and chronicled numerous native species that had either been lost or greatly diminished in number. He spoke briefly of the forces that threatened those that still managed to hang on and offered concrete proposals that might stem their decline, including that of bird…
The Poetics of Natural History
The Poetics of Natural History: From John Bartram to William James. By Christoph Irmscher. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1999. xx, 354 pp. $42.00, ISBN 0-8135-2615-9.) Get access Mark V. Barrow, Jr. Mark V. Barrow, Jr. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 2, September 2000, Pages 662–663, https://doi.org/10.2307/256881…
A Passion for Birds
Journal Article A Passion for Birds: American Ornithology after Audubon. By Mark V. Barrow Jr. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998. x, 326 pp. $39.50, ISBN 0-691-04402-3.) Get access Charlotte M. Porter Charlotte M. Porter University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 4, March 1999, Page 1615, https://doi.org/10.2307/25683…
A Passion for Birds
Journal Article A Passion for Birds: American Ornithology after Audubon. By Mark V. Barrow Jr. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998. x, 326 pp. $39.50, ISBN 0-691-04402-3.) Get access Charlotte M. Porter Charlotte M. Porter University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 4, March 1999, Page 1615, https://doi.org/10.2307/25683…
The Poetics of Natural History
The Poetics of Natural History: From John Bartram to William James. By Christoph Irmscher. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1999. xx, 354 pp. $42.00, ISBN 0-8135-2615-9.) Get access Mark V. Barrow, Jr. Mark V. Barrow, Jr. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 2, September 2000, Pages 662–663, https://doi.org/10.2307/256881…
A Passion for Birds
Journal Article A Passion for Birds: American Ornithology after Audubon. By Mark V. Barrow Jr. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998. x, 326 pp. $39.50, ISBN 0-691-04402-3.) Get access Charlotte M. Porter Charlotte M. Porter University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 4, March 1999, Page 1615, https://doi.org/10.2307/25683…
The Poetics of Natural History
The Poetics of Natural History: From John Bartram to William James. By Christoph Irmscher. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1999. xx, 354 pp. $42.00, ISBN 0-8135-2615-9.) Get access Mark V. Barrow, Jr. Mark V. Barrow, Jr. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 2, September 2000, Pages 662–663, https://doi.org/10.2307/256881…
Conclusion
For more than two centuries now, naturalists have been grappling with the problem of extinction. However, how they framed and responded to that problem have both changed fundamentally during that time. During the decades following the publication of Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia, a series of seismic scientific shifts not only established that the natural world had experienced profound transformations in the past but also catap…
Sounding the Alarm About Continent-Wide Wildlife Extinction
In 1876, Joel Asaph Allen, a curator at Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology, issued a series of publications in which he lamented the decline of North America's wildlife and chronicled numerous native species that had either been lost or greatly diminished in number. He spoke briefly of the forces that threatened those that still managed to hang on and offered concrete proposals that might stem their decline, including that of bird…
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