Consuming ivory : mercantile legacies of East Africa and New England /

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"The economic prosperity of two nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century New England towns rested on factories that manufactured piano keys, billiard balls, combs, and other items made of ivory imported from East Africa. Yet while towns like Ivoryton and Deep River, Connecticut, thrived, the Afr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kelly, Alexandra Celia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2021]
Colección:Culture, place, and nature.
Temas:
Ivory industry > New England > History.
Ivory industry > Africa, East > History.
Ivory industry > Environmental aspects.
Ivoire > Industrie > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
Ivoire > Industrie > Aspect de l'environnement.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Ivory industry.
Africa, East.
New England.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Towns That Elephants Built
  • A History of the Ivory Trade
  • Consuming Elephants, Consuming Empire
  • Problem Elephants and the Formation of a Conservation Ethos
  • The Ivory Museum and the Materiality of Heritage
  • The Heritage Industry in East Africa
  • Conclusion: Notes from the Ivory Tower.

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