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Thank you, Madagascar : the conservation diaries of Alison Jolly
- Title
- Thank you, Madagascar : the conservation diaries of Alison Jolly / Alison Jolly.
- Author
- Jolly, Alison
- Publication
- London : Zed Books, 2015.
- ©2015
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 16-5410 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxxi, 391 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map; 25 cm
- Alternative Title
- Conservation diaries of Alison Jolly
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Hilary Brandt -- Introduction : my adventurous and astonishing mother / Margaretta Jolly -- Chronology of events -- Dramatis personae -- Map of Madagascar -- 1. 'Our country is committing suicide' -- Part I. Villages. 2. Dancing in the rainforest ; 3. Burning baobabs; death of children ; 4. David Attenborough, Madame Berthe's mouse lemur and school among the baobabs ; 5. Eleanor and the aye-ayes -- Part II. Politics. 6. Where indri sing ; 7. Napoleon versus the zoos ; 8. The bank corrals the donors ; 9. Dishing out the dough ; 10. Our cash killed Bedo ; 11. The bank goes to the forest -- Part III. Environment and development. 12. Golden bamboo lemurs of Ranomafana ; 13. Patricia walked the boundaries ; 14. The village of the fig tree ; 15. Development meltdown ; 16. Real life and DreamWorks ; 17. President Ratsiraka ; 18. Madame Berthe was dancing -- Part IV. Weather. 19. Famine in the south ; 20. Lemurs coping ; 21. Scientists, people, lemurs : Berenty, Bezà Mahafaly and Tsimanampetsotsa ; 22. Climate change -- Part V. Money. 23. Durban vision; rosewood massacre ; 24. The new mines ; 25. Where are we now?.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-5410
- ISBN
- 9781783603183 (hardcover)
- 1783603186 (hardcover)
- 9781783603176 (paperback)
- 1783603178 (paperback)
- OCLC
- 892455087
- Author
- Jolly, Alison, author.
- Title
- Thank you, Madagascar : the conservation diaries of Alison Jolly / Alison Jolly.
- Publisher
- London : Zed Books, 2015.
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Type of Content
- textstill imagecartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-5410