Field Guide to the Birds of East Asia

Field Guide to the Birds of East Asia

Author: Mark Brazil

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-08-22

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 1472975928

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This is the first single volume guide ever devoted to the eastern Asian avifauna. The eastern Asian region, centring especially on the major islands off the continental coast (including Japan and Taiwan) and the immediately adjacent areas of the Asian continent from Kamchatka in the north and including the Korean Peninsula are an important centre of endemism. Birds endemic to this region include representatives of many of the major families, from the world's largest eagle - Steller's Sea Eagle - to the tiny Formosan Firecrest. The east Asian continental coast and the offshore islands also form one of the world's major international bird migration routes, especially for waterfowl, shorebirds and raptors, while the east Asian continental mainland itself is home to a wide range of species little known to western ornithologists such as Scaly-sided Merganser, Oriental Stork and Mugimaki Flycatcher. The guide features the most up-to-date text available, which, in conjunction with extensive colour plates throughout, facilitates the field identification of all of the species known from the region. Colour distribution maps enhance the text by providing a visual analysis of the summer, winter and migratory ranges of all species.


Birds of Europe, Russia, China, and Japan

Birds of Europe, Russia, China, and Japan

Author:

Publisher: Princeton Illustrated Checklis

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780691133720

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This is the first of two field guides illustrating and describing all of the approximately 1,800 bird species found in the Palearctic--the huge region that includes Europe, Asia north of the Himalayas, and Africa north of the Sahara. This area spans the countries of the former Soviet Union, all of the Russian Arctic, China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, and the Middle East excluding the Gulf countries. This first volume covers all the passerines (perching birds, from tyrant flycatchers to buntings) or songbirds and will soon be followed by a companion guide to the nonpasserines (divers to woodpeckers). These volumes are the first and only field guides for many parts of the area covered, and mark the first time all of these birds have been included in a single pair of books. This first volume covers every passerine species and subspecies in the area, in every adult plumage--all illustrated and described by Norman Arlott, a leading bird artist who has many years of field experience with these species. Color plates of all field-identifiable species, including subspecies and color morphs Succinct facing-page text concentrates on key field-identification features, including voice Detailed distribution map for each species Well-researched and accessible Handy format-the ideal field guide Essential for anyone interested in Eurasian birds


The State, Identity, and the National Question in China and Japan

The State, Identity, and the National Question in China and Japan

Author: Germaine A. Hoston

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2021-02-09

Total Pages: 643

ISBN-13: 0691225419

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The first decades of the twentieth century witnessed an explosion of nationalist sentiment in East Asia, as in Europe. This comprehensive work explores how radical Chinese and Japanese thinkers committed to social change in this turbulent era addressed issues concerning national identity, social revolution, and the role of the national state in achieving socio-economic development. Focusing on the adaptation of anarchism and then Marxism-Leninism to non-European contexts, Germaine Hoston shows how Chinese and Japanese theorists attempted to reconcile a relatively new appreciation for the nation-state with their allegiance to a vision of internationalist socialist revolution culminating in stateless socialism. Given the influence of Western experience on Marxism, Chinese and Japanese theorists found the Marxian national question to be not merely one of whether the "working man has no country," but rather the much more fundamental issue of the relative value of Eastern and Western cultures. Marxism, argues Hoston, thus placed native Marxists in tension with their own heritage and national identity. The author traces efforts to resolve this tension throughout the first half of the twentieth century, and concludes by examining how the tension persists, as Chinese and Japanese dissidents seek identity-affirming modernity in accordance with the Western democratic model.


A Field Guide to Birds of the USSR

A Field Guide to Birds of the USSR

Author: Vladimir Evgenʹevich Flint

Publisher:

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 9780691082448

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The description for this book, A Field Guide to Birds of Russia and Adjacent Territories, will be forthcoming.


Photographic Guide to the Birds of Japan and North-east Asia

Photographic Guide to the Birds of Japan and North-east Asia

Author: Tadao Shimba

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-05-16

Total Pages: 642

ISBN-13: 1472947231

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A spectacular and lavish photographic guide to the birds of Japan, Korea, north-east China and the Russian Far East. Eastern Asia is blessed with a rich and spectacular avifauna, and all 520 regularly occurring species are featured in this spectacular and lavish new photographic guide to the region, covering Japan, northern China, North and South Korea and the Russian Far East. The concise text focuses on key identification criteria, and is accompanied by a distribution map for every species. The accompanying photographs, contributed by Japan's top bird photographers, form a stunning series that will allow both field identification and rich enjoyment at home afterwards. This beautiful book is a must-have for anyone interested in the birds of Asia.


The Birds of Heaven

The Birds of Heaven

Author: Peter Matthiessen

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2001-12-20

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780374199449

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In addition, the enormous spans of cranes' migrations have encouraged international conservation efforts.".


Photographic Guide to the Birds of Japan and North-east Asia

Photographic Guide to the Birds of Japan and North-east Asia

Author: Tadao Shimba

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-05-16

Total Pages: 1820

ISBN-13: 1472947258

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A spectacular and lavish photographic guide to the birds of Japan, Korea, north-east China and the Russian Far East. Eastern Asia is blessed with a rich and spectacular avifauna, and all 520 regularly occurring species are featured in this spectacular and lavish new photographic guide to the region, covering Japan, northern China, North and South Korea and the Russian Far East. The concise text focuses on key identification criteria, and is accompanied by a distribution map for every species. The accompanying photographs, contributed by Japan's top bird photographers, form a stunning series that will allow both field identification and rich enjoyment at home afterwards. This beautiful book is a must-have for anyone interested in the birds of Asia.


Birds of East Asia

Birds of East Asia

Author: Mark Brazil

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 531

ISBN-13: 0691139261

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"Published in the United Kingdom and European Union in 2009 by Christopher Helm ... London"--T.p. verso.


Birds of the World

Birds of the World

Author: Les Beletsky

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 540

ISBN-13: 9780801884290

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This stunning collection of art and text captures the grace, beauty, and flamboyance of the world's birds. It features more than 1,600 original paintings from 11 of the world's leading bird artists.