An affair with Africa : expeditions and adventures across a continent / / Alzada Carlisle Kistner

• Autore: Kistner Alzada Carlisle
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c1998
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 pages)
• Disciplina: 916.704/326
• Soggetto topico: Staphylinidae - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Army ants - Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Soggetto geografico: Africa, Sub-Saharan Description and travel
• Note generali: "A Shearwater book"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgments; First Word; Part I: First Expedition; Ch 1: Ants Everywhere: Belgian Congo; CH 2: Uhuru--Freedom: Republic of the Congo; Ch 3: Plans Revised: Kenya; Part II: Second Expedition; Ch 4: Dripping Army Ants: Liberia; Ch 5: Wa-Wa--West Africa Wins Again: Ivory Coast; Part III: Third Expedition; Ch 6: Collecting a Trois: South Africa; Ch 7: German Shadows: Tanzania; Part IV: Fourth Expedition; Ch 8: A Classic Expedition: Rhodesia; Ch 9: East Africa in Transition: Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda; Part V: Fifth Expedition; Ch 10: Travel by Sea--The African Lightning; Ch 11: Sand and More Sand: South-West Africa/ Namibia; Ch 21: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend: Angola; Ch 13: Family Matters; Ch 14: Last Great Safari: Botswana; Last Word
• Sommario/riassunto: In June 1960, a young faculty wife named Alzada Kistner and her husband David, a promising entomologist, left their 18-month old daughter in the care of relatives and began what was to be a four month scientific expedition in the Belgian Congo.
• Titolo autorizzato: An affair with Africa
• ISBN: 1-59726-832-1; 1-4175-9421-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910974453303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II