The Resource Ivory's ghosts : the white gold of history and the fate of elephants, John Frederick Walker
Ivory's ghosts : the white gold of history and the fate of elephants, John Frederick Walker
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The item Ivory's ghosts : the white gold of history and the fate of elephants, John Frederick Walker represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 312 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Prologue. 1898
- Part 1. Shapes in tusks. Mammoth teeth
- Tribute and treasure
- Master carvers' medium
- Part 2. Ivory under the saw. Piano keys and billiard balls
- "Tooth of ivory and a slave to carry it"
- Ivory hunters
- Part 3. Elephant dilemma. Researchers and poachers
- Ivory ban
- Elephant dreams, elephant realities
- Epilogue 2007
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Illustration credits
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780871139955
- Label
- Ivory's ghosts : the white gold of history and the fate of elephants
- Title
- Ivory's ghosts
- Title remainder
- the white gold of history and the fate of elephants
- Statement of responsibility
- John Frederick Walker
- Title variation
- White gold of history and the fate of elephants
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Walker, John Frederick
- Dewey number
- 599.67/4
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QL737.P98
- LC item number
- W36 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- NAL call number
- QL737.P98
- NAL item number
- W35 2009
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Elephants
- Ivory
- Ivory industry
- Ivory industry
- Poaching
- Wildlife crimes
- Wildlife conservation
- Afrikanischer Elefant
- Elfenbeinhandel
- Label
- Ivory's ghosts : the white gold of history and the fate of elephants, John Frederick Walker
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-290) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue. 1898 -- Part 1. Shapes in tusks. Mammoth teeth -- Tribute and treasure -- Master carvers' medium -- Part 2. Ivory under the saw. Piano keys and billiard balls -- "Tooth of ivory and a slave to carry it" -- Ivory hunters -- Part 3. Elephant dilemma. Researchers and poachers -- Ivory ban -- Elephant dreams, elephant realities -- Epilogue 2007 -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration credits -- Index
- Control code
- ocn276221948
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 312 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780871139955
- Lccn
- 2009284054
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780871139955
- (OCoLC)276221948
- Label
- Ivory's ghosts : the white gold of history and the fate of elephants, John Frederick Walker
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-290) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue. 1898 -- Part 1. Shapes in tusks. Mammoth teeth -- Tribute and treasure -- Master carvers' medium -- Part 2. Ivory under the saw. Piano keys and billiard balls -- "Tooth of ivory and a slave to carry it" -- Ivory hunters -- Part 3. Elephant dilemma. Researchers and poachers -- Ivory ban -- Elephant dreams, elephant realities -- Epilogue 2007 -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration credits -- Index
- Control code
- ocn276221948
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 312 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780871139955
- Lccn
- 2009284054
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780871139955
- (OCoLC)276221948
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