Alexandra Celia Kelly 
Consuming Ivory [EPUB ebook] 
Mercantile Legacies of East Africa and New England

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Examines the complex global impact of the ivory trade
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 African ivory trade left in its wake massive human exploitation and ecological devastation. At the same time, dynamic East African engagement with capitalism and imperialism took place within these trade histories.
Drawing from extensive archival and field research in New England, Great Britain, and Tanzania, Alexandra Kelly investigates the complex global legacies of the historical ivory trade. She not only explains the complexities of this trade but also analyzes Anglo-American narratives about Africa, questioning why elephants and ivory feature so centrally in those representations. From elephant conservation efforts to the cultural heritage industries in New England and East Africa, her study reveals the ongoing global repercussions of the ivory craze and will be of interest to anthropologists, archaeologists, historians, and conservationists.

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Kalyanakrishnan ‘Shivi’ Sivaramakrishnan is Dinakar Singh Professor of India and South Asia Studies, professor of anthropology, professor of forestry and environmental studies, and codirector of the Program in Agrarian Studies, Yale University.

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Idioma Inglés ● Formato EPUB ● Páginas 278 ● ISBN 9780295748825 ● Tamaño de archivo 62.0 MB ● Editorial University of Washington Press ● Ciudad Seattle ● País US ● Publicado 2021 ● Descargable 24 meses ● Divisa EUR ● ID 7802401 ● Protección de copia Adobe DRM
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