Tigers in Africa

Stalking the Past at the Cape of Good Hope

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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This volume interweaves such diverse themes as colonial slavery and apartheid, human and carnivore evolution and science and romance, to show how we create the past and understand the present. It recounts the significance of the palaeontological findings of Raymond Dart, Robert Ardrey and Glynn Isaac, addressing a famous dispute about carnivore evolution that flourished in the heyday of apartheid. It sets pioneering exploration of the globe against archaeological surveys and romance quests in the African desert and contrasts the dark days of colonial slavery at the Cape with the bright prospects of Nelson Mandela's legacy there.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2002-06-29
Mått214 x 208 x 6 mm
Vikt262 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor58
FörlagUniversity of Virginia Press
ISBN9780813921297

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Afrikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Antropologi inom Samhalle och politik
Kulturvetenskap inom Samhalle och politik

A delightful scholarly romp through the history and myths of the Cape. - J. M. Coetzee, author of Disgrace ""Another exhilarating roller coaster by the acclaimed author of Digging through Darkness that celebrates how archaeology at the Cape of Good Hope illuminates what we know about the human career."" - Richard G. Klein, Stanford University, author of The Human Career: Human Biological and Cultural Origins