Planet without apes [electronic resource] / Craig B. Stanford.
Stanford, Craig B. (Craig Britton), 1956-
2012
QL737.P96 S733 2012eb
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Title Planet without apes [electronic resource] / Craig B. Stanford.
Author Stanford, Craig B. (Craig Britton), 1956-
ISBN 9780674067882 electronic book
0674067045
9780674067042
Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (262 p.) : ill.
Call Number QL737.P96 S733 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 599.88
Summary "Stanford sees great apes as not only intelligent but also possessed of a culture: both toolmakers and social beings capable of passing cultural knowledge down through generations. Compelled by his field research to take up the cause of conservation, he is unequivocal about where responsibility for extinction of these species lies. Our extermination campaign against the great apes has been as brutal as the genocide we have long practiced on one another. Stanford shows how complicity is shared by people far removed from apes' shrinking habitats. We learn about extinction's complex links with cell phones, European meat eaters, and ecotourism, along with the effects of Ebola virus, poverty, and political instability. Even the most environmentally concerned observers are unaware of many specific threats faced by great apes. Stanford fills us in, and then tells us how we can redirect the course of an otherwise bleak future."--Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Prologue: Save the apes!
Heart of darkness
Homeless
Bushmeat
Outbreak
In a not-so-gilded cage
The double-edged sword of ecotourism
Ethnocide
Epilogue: May there always be apes.

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