| Description |
1 online resource (349 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
California Studies in Food & Culture, 6
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California Studies in Food & Culture ; 6.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Foreword; INTRODUCTION; 1 LAUGHTER; 2 BEGINNINGS; 3 DEATH; 4 FLESH; 5 BLOOD; 6 BUSINESS; 7 DENIAL; 8 A STORY; Color plates; 9 HISTORY; Afterword; Appendix A. Saving the Apes; Appendix B. Further Reading; Appendix C. The Primate Family Tree; Appendix D. The HIV/SIV Family Tree; Maps; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index. |
| Summary |
Eating Apes is an eloquent book about a disturbing secret: the looming extinction of humanity's closest relatives, the African great apeschimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. Dale Peterson's impassioned exposé details how, with the unprecedented opening of African forests by European and Asian logging companies, the traditional consumption of wild animal meat in Central Africa has suddenly exploded in scope and impact, moving from what was recently a subsistence activity to an enormous and completely unsustainable commercial enterprise. Although the three African great apes account for o. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Apes -- Africa, Central.
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Apes. |
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Central Africa. |
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Wildlife conservation -- Africa, Central.
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Wildlife conservation. |
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Ape meat industry -- Africa, Central.
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Ape meat industry. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ammann, Karl.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780520230903 |
| ISBN |
9780520938427 (electronic book) |
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0520938429 (electronic book) |
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1282358006 |
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9781282358003 |
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0520243323 (paperback) |
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9780520243323 (paperback) |
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0520230906 |
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9780520230903 |
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