During the nineteenth century, Britain maintained a complex network of garrisons to manage its global empire.
During their tours abroad, many British officers engaged in formal and informal scientific research.
In this ambitious history of ornithology and empire, Kirsten A.
Greer tracks British officers as they moved around the world.
The University Of North Carolina Press Red coats and wild birds. how military ornithologists and migrant birds shaped empire, paperback/kirsten a. greer
