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Tigers in Africa: Stalking the Past at the Cape of Good Hope (Glynn Isaac Memorial Lecture, 3rd.)
Carmel Schrire
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Description for Tigers in Africa: Stalking the Past at the Cape of Good Hope (Glynn Isaac Memorial Lecture, 3rd.)
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 60 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 259.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Number of pages
60
Condition
New
Number of Pages
60
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813921297
SKU
V9780813921297
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About Carmel Schrire
Carmel Schrire is Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University and the author of Digging through Darkness: Chronicles of an Archaeologist (Virginia), coauthor of The Future of Former Foragers in Australia and Southern Africa, and editor of Past and Present in Hunter-Gatherer Studies.
Reviews for Tigers in Africa: Stalking the Past at the Cape of Good Hope (Glynn Isaac Memorial Lecture, 3rd.)
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: ... Read more