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Ivory's ghosts

the white gold of history and the fate of elephants

By John Frederick Walker

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Publish Date

2009

Publisher

Atlantic Monthly,Distributed by Publishers Group West,Atlantic Monthly Press

Language

eng

Pages

316

Description:

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.