Consuming ivory

• Verfasst von: Kelly, Alexandra Celia [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Consuming ivory
• Titelzusatz: mercantile legacies of East Africa and New England
• Verf.angabe: Alexandra Celia Kelly
• Verlagsort: Seattle
• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• E-Jahr: 2021
• Jahr: [2021]
• Umfang: XIX, 255 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Culture, place, and nature : studies in anthropology and environment
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-0-295-74881-8
• ISBN: 978-0-295-74877-1
• Schlagwörter: (g)Ostafrika / (g)Neuengland / (s)Elfenbein / (s)Elfenbeinhandel / (z)Geschichte 1800-1950
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1740943848

Abstract

"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"--