Thomas M Lekan

Our Gigantic Zoo

A German Quest to Save the Serengeti

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Produktbeschreibung

Our Gigantic Zoo tells the story of Bernhard Grzimek, the most important European wildlife conservationist, and his role in creating a permanent sanctuary for innocent animals in Serengeti National Park.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 163mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 654g
• ISBN-13: 9780199843671
• ISBN-10: 0199843678
• Artikelnr.: 57361441

Autorenporträt

Thomas M. Lekan is a professor at the University of South Carolina with a joint appointment in the Department of History and the School of the Earth, Ocean and Environment. He is the author of Imagining the Nation in Nature: Landscape Preservation and German Identity, 1885-1945 and the co-editor of Germany's Nature: Cultural Landscapes and Environmental History.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
A Note on Sources
Abbreviations
Introduction Mission for Africa
Chapter 1 A Zookeeper's Ecology
Chapter 2 No Room for Wild Animals
Chapter 3 Thinking Locally, Acting Globally
Chapter 4 Serengeti Shall Not Die
Chapter 5 A Weakness for the Maasai
Chapter 6 An Honest Broker for the Animals
Chapter 7 Who Cares for Africa's Game?
Epilogue A Trip to Seronera
Notes
Index