Skip to search
Skip to main content
Catalog
Help
Feedback
Your Account
Library Account
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Search History
Search in
Keyword
Title (keyword)
Author (keyword)
Subject (keyword)
Title starts with
Subject (browse)
Author (browse)
Author (sorted by title)
Call number (browse)
search for
Search
Advanced Search
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Princeton University Library Catalog
Start over
Send
to
SMS
Email
Printer
Bookmark
Wildlife at war in Angola : the rise and fall of an African Eden / Brian J. Huntley.
Author
Huntley, B. J. (Brian J.), 1944-
[Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/Created
Pretoria : Protea Book House, 2017.
©2017
Description
432 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
Availability
Copies in the Library
Location
Call Number
Status
Location Service
Notes
ReCAP - Remote Storage
QL84.6.A5 H86 2017
Browse related items
Request
Details
Subject(s)
Huntley, B. J. (Brian J.) 1944-
[Browse]
Wildlife conservation
—
Angola
—
History
[Browse]
Conservation of natural resources
—
Angola
—
History
[Browse]
National parks and reserves
—
Angola
—
History
[Browse]
Wildlife recovery
—
Angola
[Browse]
War
—
Environmental aspects
—
Angola
[Browse]
Angola
—
History
—
Civil War, 1975-2002
[Browse]
Ecologists
—
Angola
—
Biography
[Browse]
Ecologists
—
South Africa
—
Biography
[Browse]
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 398-404) and index.
Contents
Part 1. The halcyon years. A message from Gorongosa
Parque Nacional da Quiçama
this once was an Eden
Luando
home of the giant sable antelope
Parque Nacional de Iona
Angola's last wilderness?
Welwitschia mirabilis
the enigmatic living fossil of the Namib
The cattle wars
politics and personalities
Conservation
the art of the possible.
part 2. A short history of a very long war. Slaves, degredados, contratados and colonatos
a recipe for disaster
Interlude: the 100-year odyssey of the Thirstland Trekkers
Rebellion and retribution
The Carnation Revolution of 25 April 1974
An Angolan exodus
August 1975
The proxy wars and worse.
part 3. Wildlife conservation in the shadow of war. Wildlife conservation in a time of confusão
The resource curse and the culture of greed
The city-state of Luanda
International donors rush to rescue Iona
Friends : lost and found.
part 4. Wildlife conservation in the twenty-first century. Triage conservation
the option of last resort
The search for Angola's biodiversity "hotspots"
Building a new generation of Angolan conservation scientists
Conflicting missions
giant sable and the Kissama Foundation
The state of the game
the era of "paper parks"
Angola adieu? Will hope be the last thing to die?
Show 32 more Contents items
ISBN
1485306116 ((paperback))
9781485306115 ((paperback))
LCCN
2017437000
OCLC
957134976
RCP
C - S
Statement on language in description
Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage.
Read more...
Ask a Question
Suggest a Correction
Report Harmful Language
Supplementary Information
Other versions
Wildlife at war in Angola : the rise and fall of an African Eden / Brian J. Huntley.
id
SCSB-9330965