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Author : T. Alexander Barns
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-12
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9789925053124
Reprint of the original, first published in 1923.
Author : J. Alexander Barns
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Electronic
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030019583964
Author : Thomas Alexander Barns
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Congo (Democratic Republic)
ISBN : NYPL:33433103720805
Author : T. Alexander Barns
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368427665
Reprint of the original, first published in 1923.
Author : James L. Newman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442219571
Gorillas, the largest of the apes inhabiting our planet, have been a source of fear, awe, and inspiration to humans. In this book, James L. Newman brings a lifetime of study of Africa to his compelling story of the rich and varied interaction between gorillas and humans since earliest contact. He illuminates the complex relationship over time through the interlinked themes of discovery, exploitation, understanding, and continuing survival. Tragically, the number of free-living gorillas—facing habitat loss, disease, and poaching—has declined dramatically over the course of the past century, and the future of the few that remain is highly uncertain. At the same time, those in zoos and sanctuaries now lead much more secure lives than they did earlier. Newman follows this transition, highlighting the roles played by key individuals, both humans and gorillas. Among the former have been adventurers, opportunists, writers, and scientists. The latter include real gorillas, such as Gargantua and Koko, and fictional ones, notably King Kong and Mighty Joe Young. This thoughtful and engaging book helps us understand how our image of gorillas has been both distorted and clarified through culture and science for centuries and how we now control the destiny of these magnificent great apes.
Author : M. Epstein
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1517 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230270640
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Author : Mortimer Epstein
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1492 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230270725
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Author : J. Scott-Keltie,M. Epstein
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1559 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230270541
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Author : S. Steinberg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1639 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230270800
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Author : John Scott-Keltie,Mortimer Epstein
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1521 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230270558
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Author : Anne S. Troelstra
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-17
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9789004343788
With this book Troelstra gives us a superb overview of natural history travel narratives. The well over four thousand detailed entries, ranging over four centuries and all major western European languages, are drawn from a wide range of sources and include both printed books and periodical contributions.
Author : David Newbury
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780821443408
The horrific tragedies of Central Africa in the 1990s riveted the attention of the world. But these crises did not occur in a historical vacuum. By peering through the mists of the past, the case studies presented in The Land Beyond the Mists illustrate the significant advances to have taken place since decolonization in our understanding of the pre-colonial histories of Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern Congo. Based on both oral and written sources, these essays are important both for their methods—viewing history from the perspective of local actors—and for their conclusions, which seriously challenge colonial myths about the area.
Author : Ted Gott,Kathryn Weir
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781780230672
Since coming to international prominence in the mid-nineteenth century when English, French, and American scientists first encountered them, the gorilla’s physical resemblance to humans has struck a deep chord. Gorillas quickly came to dominate evolutionary debates and grew prevalent in literature, art, film, and popular culture—they are the focus of movies such as Congo and the inspiration for the video game character Donkey Kong and DC Comics super villain Gorilla Grodd. In Gorilla, Ted Grott and Kathryn Weir provide a compelling and unsettling account of our relationship with these highly intelligent animals as they fight extinction due to habitat destruction, commercial hunting, and disease. Gott and Weir describe how early European observations of gorillas in their native Africa were the genesis of literary and artistic representations such as King Kong. At the same time, gorillas became symbolic of sexuality and subconscious, uncontrolled urges, and influenced theories of criminality. It was not until Dian Fossey’s research in the 1960s and 1970s that many misconceptions about the gorilla—especially their violence—were dispelled. A notable history of the gorilla’s influence on our culture and its plight at the hands of humans, Gorilla will appeal to any animal lover wanting to learn more about this noble creature and its uncertain future.
Author : Helen Louise Cowie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-18
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781108495172
Examines the extensive use of animal commodities in Victorian Britain and the humanitarian and ecological issues raised by their consumption.
Author : Monroe Nathan Work
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 1578980798
"Limited edition facsimile reprint"--T.p. verso.