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Ivorys Ghosts The White Gold of History and the Fate of ~ Long before gold and gemstones held allure humans were drawn to the “jewels of the elephant”—its great tusks Ivory came to be prized in every culture of the world—from ancient Egypt to nineteenthcentury America to modern Japan—for its beauty rarity and ability to be finely carved
Ivorys Ghosts The White Gold of History and the Fate of ~ Ivory came to be prized in every culture of the world—from ancient Egypt to nineteenthcentury America to modern Japan—for its beauty rarity and ability to be finely carved Elephants tusks were transformed into sensuous figurines sacred icons scientific instruments pistol grips and piano keys
Ivorys Ghosts The White Gold of History and the Fate of ~ In Ivory’s Ghosts John Frederick Walker tells the astonishing story of the human lust for ivory and its cataclysmic implications for elephants Each age and each culture from ancient Egypt to Long before gold and gemstones held allure humans were drawn to the “jewels of the elephant”—its great tusks—for their beauty rarity and ability to be finely carved
Ivorys Ghosts The White Gold of History and the Fate of ~ Walker lays bare the ivory trade’s cruel connection with the slave trade and the increasing slaughter of elephants in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries By the 1980s elephant poaching reached levels that threatened the last great herds of the African continent and led to a worldwide ban on the ancient international trade in tusks
Ivorys Ghosts The White Gold of History and the Fate of ~ Ivorys Ghosts The White Gold of History and the Fate of Elephants Walkers wellwritten and informative book tells two somewhat distinct stories
Ivorys ghosts the white gold of history and the fate of ~ Ivorys ghosts the white gold of history and the fate of elephants John Frederick Walker Long before gold and gemstones held allure humans were drawn to the jewels of the elephantIts great tusks Ivory came to be prized in every culture of the world for its beauty and rarity Your Web browser is not enabled for JavaScript
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Ivorys Ghosts White Gold and the Fate of the Elephant ~ Ivorys Ghosts The White Gold of History and the Fate of the Elephants opens with what amounts to a past life regression as Walker performs a hypnotic literary feat transporting the reader to stand with a hunter at sunset on the slopes of Kilimanjaro as the stalker aims his rifle at an old bull elephant with a withered hide He aims and his mark is true
Ivorys ghosts the white gold of history and the fate of ~ Ivorys ghosts the white gold of history and the fate of elephants John Frederick Walker 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 Your Web browser is not enabled for JavaScript
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