Among African apes [[electronic resource] ] : stories and photos from the field / / edited by Martha M. Robbins and Christophe Boesch |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.88096 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
RobbinsMartha M. <1967->
BoeschChristophe |
Soggetto topico |
Apes - Africa
Apes - Research - Africa Apes - Conservation Rare mammals - Africa |
Soggetto non controllato |
africa
african animals african apes animal behavior apes bonobos bwindi impenetrable national park central africa chimpanzees conservation cote divoire deforestation disease ecotourism endangered animals environment environmentalism extinction field research forests gabon gorillas great apes ivindo national park jungles life sciences nature photography nature preserve nature reserve nature nonfiction poaching primates primatology science tai national park uganda wild apes wildlife zoology |
ISBN |
1-283-27793-X
9786613277930 0-520-94883-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Who, What, Where, and Why -- ONE: Discovering Apes -- TWO: Life and Death in the Forest Blood -- THREE: Encounters with Bili Chimpanzees in the Undisturbed Gangu Forest -- FOUR: Is Blood Thicker Than Water -- FIVE: Our Cousins in the Forest - or Bushmeat? -- SIX: Discovering Chimpanzee Traditions -- SEVEN: Keeping It in the Family. Tribal Warfare between Chimpanzee Communities -- EIGHT: Winona's Search for the Right Silverback. Insights into Female Strategies at a Natural Rain Forest Clearing in Northern Congo -- NINE: The Long Road to Habituation. A Window into the Lives of Gorillas -- TEN: Among Silverbacks -- ELEVEN: The Diversity of the Apes What Is the Future? -- Contributors -- Plate Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781375603321 |
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Among African apes [[electronic resource] ] : stories and photos from the field / / edited by Martha M. Robbins and Christophe Boesch |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.88096 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
RobbinsMartha M. <1967->
BoeschChristophe |
Soggetto topico |
Apes - Africa
Apes - Research - Africa Apes - Conservation Rare mammals - Africa |
Soggetto non controllato |
africa
african animals african apes animal behavior apes bonobos bwindi impenetrable national park central africa chimpanzees conservation cote divoire deforestation disease ecotourism endangered animals environment environmentalism extinction field research forests gabon gorillas great apes ivindo national park jungles life sciences nature photography nature preserve nature reserve nature nonfiction poaching primates primatology science tai national park uganda wild apes wildlife zoology |
ISBN |
1-283-27793-X
9786613277930 0-520-94883-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Who, What, Where, and Why -- ONE: Discovering Apes -- TWO: Life and Death in the Forest Blood -- THREE: Encounters with Bili Chimpanzees in the Undisturbed Gangu Forest -- FOUR: Is Blood Thicker Than Water -- FIVE: Our Cousins in the Forest - or Bushmeat? -- SIX: Discovering Chimpanzee Traditions -- SEVEN: Keeping It in the Family. Tribal Warfare between Chimpanzee Communities -- EIGHT: Winona's Search for the Right Silverback. Insights into Female Strategies at a Natural Rain Forest Clearing in Northern Congo -- NINE: The Long Road to Habituation. A Window into the Lives of Gorillas -- TEN: Among Silverbacks -- ELEVEN: The Diversity of the Apes What Is the Future? -- Contributors -- Plate Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817204703321 |
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Imperial connections [[electronic resource] ] : India in the Indian Ocean arena, 1860-1920 / / Thomas R. Metcalf |
Autore | Metcalf Thomas R. <1934-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
Disciplina | 909/.09824081 |
Collana | The California world history library |
Soggetto topico |
East Indians - Colonization - Indian Ocean Region - History
East Indians - Employment - Indian Ocean Region - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
1800s
1900s 1920s africa agriculture architecture british empire colonial colonialism conquest east africa empire geography global trade government immigrants immigration imperial india indian army indian ocean investment malaya mesopotamia migration policing provinces railroad railway regional sikh transcolonial uganda |
ISBN |
1-282-76223-0
9786612762239 0-520-93333-8 1-4337-0969-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Empire Recentered -- 1. Governing Colonial Peoples -- 2. Constructing Identities -- 3. Projecting Power: The Indian Army Overseas -- 4. Recruiting Sikhs for Colonial Police and Military -- 5. "Hard Hands and Sound Healthy Bodies": Recruiting "Coolies" for Natal -- 6. India in East Africa -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784418803321 |
Metcalf Thomas R. <1934->
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Imperial connections : India in the Indian Ocean arena, 1860-1920 / / Thomas R. Metcalf |
Autore | Metcalf Thomas R. <1934-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
Disciplina | 909/.09824081 |
Collana | The California world history library |
Soggetto topico |
East Indians - Colonization - Indian Ocean Region - History
East Indians - Employment - Indian Ocean Region - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
1800s
1900s 1920s africa agriculture architecture british empire colonial colonialism conquest east africa empire geography global trade government immigrants immigration imperial india indian army indian ocean investment malaya mesopotamia migration policing provinces railroad railway regional sikh transcolonial uganda |
ISBN |
1-282-76223-0
9786612762239 0-520-93333-8 1-4337-0969-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Empire Recentered -- 1. Governing Colonial Peoples -- 2. Constructing Identities -- 3. Projecting Power: The Indian Army Overseas -- 4. Recruiting Sikhs for Colonial Police and Military -- 5. "Hard Hands and Sound Healthy Bodies": Recruiting "Coolies" for Natal -- 6. India in East Africa -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816553403321 |
Metcalf Thomas R. <1934->
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Mainstreaming gender, democratizing the state : institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women / / Shirin M. Rai; published for and on behalf of the United Nations |
Autore | Rai Shirin M |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester University Press, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 305.42 |
Collana | Perspectives on democratization |
Soggetto topico |
Democratization
Equality Women - Government policy Women - Political activity Women - Social conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
globalization
democratization politics sweden uganda Accountability Civil society Gender equality Gender mainstreaming Women's rights |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996552369903316 |
Rai Shirin M
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Manchester University Press, 2003 | ||
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Mainstreaming gender, democratizing the state : institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women / / Shirin M. Rai; published for and on behalf of the United Nations |
Autore | Rai Shirin M |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester University Press, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 305.42 |
Collana | Perspectives on democratization |
Soggetto topico |
Democratization
Equality Women - Government policy Women - Political activity Women - Social conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
globalization
democratization politics sweden uganda Accountability Civil society Gender equality Gender mainstreaming Women's rights |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910287936903321 |
Rai Shirin M
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Manchester University Press, 2003 | ||
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Unimagined community [[electronic resource] ] : sex, networks, and AIDS in Uganda and South Africa / / Robert J. Thornton |
Autore | Thornton Robert J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina | 614.5/993920096761 |
Collana | California series in public anthropology |
Soggetto topico |
AIDS (Disease) - Uganda - Epidemiology
AIDS (Disease) - South Africa - Epidemiology AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects - Uganda AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects - South Africa |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century south african history
20th century ugandan history african history aids in africa aids prevention aids transmission aids anthropology civil society disease doctor family structure fertility rate global disaster healthcare hiv prevalence hiv individual behavior local knowledge medicine mobility omission political authority political response politics property sex sexual networks sexual transmission social status south africa uganda |
ISBN |
1-282-36077-9
9786612360770 0-520-94265-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Ethnic Names and Languages -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Meaning and Structure in the Study of AIDS -- 2. Comparing Uganda and South Africa: Sexual Networks, Family Structure, and Property -- 3. The Social Determinants of Sexual Network Configuration -- 4. The Tightening Chain: Civil Society and Uganda's Response to HIV/AIDS -- 5. AIDS in Uganda: Years of Chaos and Recovery -- 6. Siliimu as Native Category: AIDS as Local Knowledge in Uganda -- 7. The Indigenization of AIDS: Governance and the Political Response in Uganda -- 8. South Africa's Struggle: The Omission and Commission of Truth about AIDS -- 9. Imagining AIDS: South Africa's Viral Politics -- 10. Flows of Sexual Substance: The Sexual Network in South Africa -- 11. Preventing AIDS: A New Paradigm for a New Strategy -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778590103321 |
Thornton Robert J
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Unimagined community [[electronic resource] ] : sex, networks, and AIDS in Uganda and South Africa / / Robert J. Thornton |
Autore | Thornton Robert J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina | 614.5/993920096761 |
Collana | California series in public anthropology |
Soggetto topico |
AIDS (Disease) - Uganda - Epidemiology
AIDS (Disease) - South Africa - Epidemiology AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects - Uganda AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects - South Africa |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century south african history
20th century ugandan history african history aids in africa aids prevention aids transmission aids anthropology civil society disease doctor family structure fertility rate global disaster healthcare hiv prevalence hiv individual behavior local knowledge medicine mobility omission political authority political response politics property sex sexual networks sexual transmission social status south africa uganda |
ISBN |
1-282-36077-9
9786612360770 0-520-94265-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Ethnic Names and Languages -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Meaning and Structure in the Study of AIDS -- 2. Comparing Uganda and South Africa: Sexual Networks, Family Structure, and Property -- 3. The Social Determinants of Sexual Network Configuration -- 4. The Tightening Chain: Civil Society and Uganda's Response to HIV/AIDS -- 5. AIDS in Uganda: Years of Chaos and Recovery -- 6. Siliimu as Native Category: AIDS as Local Knowledge in Uganda -- 7. The Indigenization of AIDS: Governance and the Political Response in Uganda -- 8. South Africa's Struggle: The Omission and Commission of Truth about AIDS -- 9. Imagining AIDS: South Africa's Viral Politics -- 10. Flows of Sexual Substance: The Sexual Network in South Africa -- 11. Preventing AIDS: A New Paradigm for a New Strategy -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813509003321 |
Thornton Robert J
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