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The Global Pigeon
Colin Jerolmack
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Description for The Global Pigeon
Paperback. Drawing on more than three years of fieldwork across three continents, the author traces our complex and often contradictory relationship with these versatile animals in public spaces such as Venice's Piazza San Marco and London's Trafalgar Square and in working-class and immigrant communities of pigeon breeders in New York and Berlin. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 colour plates, 36 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: JFFZ; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
The pigeon is the quintessential city bird. Domesticated thousands of years ago as a messenger and a source of food, its presence on our sidewalks is so common that people consider the bird a nuisance - if they notice it at all. Yet pigeons are also kept by people all over the world for pleasure, sport, and profit, from the pigeon wars waged by breeding enthusiasts in the skies over Brooklyn to the Million Dollar Pigeon Race held every year in South Africa. Drawing on more than three years of fieldwork across three continents, Colin Jerolmack traces our ... Read more
The pigeon is the quintessential city bird. Domesticated thousands of years ago as a messenger and a source of food, its presence on our sidewalks is so common that people consider the bird a nuisance - if they notice it at all. Yet pigeons are also kept by people all over the world for pleasure, sport, and profit, from the pigeon wars waged by breeding enthusiasts in the skies over Brooklyn to the Million Dollar Pigeon Race held every year in South Africa. Drawing on more than three years of fieldwork across three continents, Colin Jerolmack traces our ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries
Condition
New
Weight
426g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226002088
SKU
V9780226002088
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About Colin Jerolmack
Colin Jerolmack is assistant professor of sociology and environmental studies at New York University.
Reviews for The Global Pigeon
This is the most important book yet written about human and animal interaction. It is full of surprising discoveries. Colin Jerolmack shows why the topic is important: it reveals what it is like to be human. (Randall Collins, University of Pennsylvania)