Jonathan Lawley

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A Road to Extinction

Can Palaeolithic Africans Survive in the Andaman Islands?

Beschreibung

A wake-up call to the dangers that threaten the Jarawa, a group of palaeolithic tribespeople in the Andaman Islands, off the coast of India. Researched and written by the first director of the Royal African Society, Dr Jonathan Lawley, it chronicles the people's African origins, 100,000 years ago, and their vulnerability to civilisation and tourism

Autor

Jonathan Lawley was born in N.E. India (now Pakistan) with family links going back five generations to the East India Company. After Indian independence, he moved with his parents to Africa, becoming the last white district commissioner in Zambia. He went on to work for Rio Tinto, setting up Africa's first management training programme for black employees. He has been a director of the Royal African Society, and has campaigned energetically on African interests.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: EnvelopeBooks
• EB
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 224g
• ISBN-13: 9781838172015
• ISBN-10: 1838172017
• Artikelnr.: 60683841