Ivory's Ghosts The White Gold of History and the Fate of Elephants

, by Walker, John Frederick

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ISBN: 9780802144522 | 0802144527
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Copyright: 2/2/2010

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Walker takes the reader on a journey that traces the ivory trade through human history, and shows how exchange in this much-desired material came to shape human--and animal--history.

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Prologue: 1898	p. 1
Shapes in Tusks
Mammoth Teeth	p. 9
Tribute and Treasure	p. 25
The Master Carvers' Medium	p. 49
Ivory Under the Saw
Piano Keys and Billiard Balls	p. 83
"A Tooth of Ivory and a Slave to Carry It"	p. 107
Ivory Hunters	p. 136
The Elephant Dilemma
Researchers and Poachers	p. 157
The Ivory Ban	p. 183
Elephant Dreams, Elephant Realities	p. 221
Epilogue: 2007	p. 249
Notes	p. 259
Acknowledgments	p. 291
Illustration Credits	p. 295
Index	p. 297
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