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MiTN |
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20190729102651.0 |
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021010r20032001nyua b 001 0 eng |
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| LC control number |
2002036776 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1586480774 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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DLC |
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DLC |
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DLC |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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pcc |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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EY8Z |
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| Classification number |
QL737.P98 |
| Item number |
M473 2003 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
599.67/4 |
| Edition number |
21 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Meredith, Martin. |
| 240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
Africa's elephant |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Elephant destiny : |
| Remainder of title |
biography of an endangered species / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Martin Meredith. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st PublicAffairs ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
PublicAffairs, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2003. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
ix, 244 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. (some col.) ; |
| Dimensions |
22 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Originally published: Africa's elephant. London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2001. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-235). |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Manyara -- The Land of Punt -- Arms and the Elephant -- Roman Games -- Proteges of the Gods -- The Elephants' Graveyard -- Nature's Masterpiece -- Footholds on the Coast -- The Cape of Death -- Zanzibar's Tune -- The Khartoum Run -- Heart of Darkness -- Rivers of Ivory -- Jumbo and Friends -- Safe Havens -- Ancestors -- Enter the Scientists -- Family Life -- Mating Pandemonium -- Body and Mind -- Rumbles -- Death -- The Culling Option -- Ivory Wars -- An Image of Liberty. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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Publisher description: This concise, richly illustrated biography of the African elephant--from ancient Egypt to the most recent discoveries about elephant society and communication--is also a passionate plea to preserve the species. The relationship between elephant and man has been dominated by brutality and persecution. Centuries of exportation, unabated hunting for ivory, and shrinking habitat have left only five countries in Africa with sizeable elephant herds. Corrupt governments and lawless poachers are currently flouting what little protection the elephant has. What will be the African elephant's destiny? Will it soon be relegated to zoos and nature preserves? Martin Meredith lays out the history of this majestic animal from the Egyptian pharaohs' first ivory expeditions 2500 years ago to today, and explores the elephant's role in literature and popular culture. He shares recent extraordinary discoveries about the elephant's ability to communicate, its sophisticated family and community structure, and the ways--rare in the animal world--in which elephants show compassion and loyalty to each other. Meredith also illuminates how the legacy of colonialism in Africa--and unrelenting poverty, disease, and civil war--affects the elephant's fate. Can Africa find a way to preserve its most enduring symbol of freedom? Readers of national bestsellers including Silent Thunder, Elephant Memories, and When Elephants Weep will want to read this urgent, illuminating book. |
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African elephant. |
| 948 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN) |
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u164218 |
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