Ivory's ghosts, the white gold of history and the fate of elephants, John Frederick Walker
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Ivory's ghosts, the white gold of history and the fate of elephants, John Frederick Walker
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-290) and index
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non fiction
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Ivory's ghosts
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406173811
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John Frederick Walker
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the white gold of history and the fate of elephants
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Prologue. 1898 -- pt 1. Shapes in tusks. -- Mammoth teeth -- Tribute and treasure -- 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
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