Boehrer Bruce Thomas:
Parrot Culture
Our 2500-Year-Long Fascination With The World's Most Talkative Bird
University Of Pennsylvania Press (United States), 2004
Hardback, 224 pages
Size: 229x152 mm
ISBN: 9780812237931
ISBN-10: 0812237935
List price: £21.50
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Parrot Culture
Traces the history of parrots in Europe from the Graeco-Roman love of oriental luxury, through the age of New World exploration, to the contemporary ecological crisis of globalism. This book identifies the poignant irony in the way parrots became ubiquitous as symbols and mascots, while suffering extinction at the hands of those who desired them.

