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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Courtney Humphries |
| ISBN: | 9780061259166 0061259160 |
| OCLC Number: | 214285938 |
| Description: | x, 196 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Pigeon's progress -- Invited guests -- Darwin's metaphor -- Hopeful monsters -- Homing -- Hunt and peck -- Escape of the superdoves -- Squab is born -- Urban habitat -- Defining pigeons -- Pigeon mothers -- Origin. |
| Responsibility: | Courtney Humphries. |
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Abstract:
An evolutionary and cultural history of the pigeon takes readers from the dovecotes of ancient Egypt and trenches of World War I to the pigeon-racing societies and city park benches of the modern world, in an account that explores the pigeon's role as creature that is both wild and dependent on humans.
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