Book ID: CBB596793782

Consuming ivory : Mercantile legacies of East Africa and New England (2021)

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Alexandra Celia Kelly (Author)


University of Washington Press


Publication Date: 2021
Edition Details: Book series: Culture, place, and nature : studies in anthropology and environment
Physical Details: 255
Language: English

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. (Publisher)

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Authors & Contributors
Allen, Francis H.
Bruchhausen, Walter
Hoag, Heather J.
Malone, Patrick M.
Roelcke, Volker
Shayt, David H.
Journals
Historical Archaeology
International Journal of Historical Archaeology
IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
Environmental History
History in Africa
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Publishers
Beacon
Bloomsbury Academic
Concepts
Historical archaeology
Colonialism
Architecture
Industrial archaeology
Environment
Ivory
People
Thoreau, Henry David
Cooper, Frederick
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
17th century
20th century, early
14th century
15th century
Places
New England (U.S.)
East Africa
United States
Czech Republic
Germany
Poland
Institutions
Worcester State Hospital
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