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Ivory's ghosts : the white gold of history and the fate of elephants / John Frederick Walker.

Title
Ivory's ghosts : the white gold of history and the fate of elephants / John Frederick Walker.
Author
Walker, John Frederick.
Publication
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c2009.

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Description
312 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map; 24 cm.
Summary
A historical examination of the ivory trade, its significance in cultures around the world, and the ban instituted in the 1980s to save the African elephant looks at what is to be done with the growing stockpile of ivory recovered from elephants who have died from natural causes.
Alternative Title
White gold of history and the fate of elephants
Subject
  • Elephants > Africa
  • Elephants
  • Ivory
  • Ivory > Economic aspects > Africa
  • Ivory industry > Africa > History
  • Ivory industry > Corrupt practices > Africa
  • Ivory industry > Corrupt practices
  • Poaching > Africa
  • Wildlife conservation > Africa
  • Wildlife conservation
  • Wildlife crimes > Africa
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-290) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Prologue: 1898 -- pt. 1. Shapes in tusks. -- Mammoth teeth -- Tribute and treasure -- The master carvers' medium -- pt. 2. Ivory under the saw. -- Piano keys and billiard balls -- "A tooth of ivory and a slave to carry it" -- Ivory hunters -- pt. 3. The elephant dilemma. -- Researchers and poachers -- The ivory ban -- Elephant dreams, elephant realities -- Epilogue: 2007.
ISBN
  • 0871139952
  • 9780871139955
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library