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Giants of the Monsoon Forest: Living and Working with Elephants

Giants of the Monsoon Forest: Living and Working with Elephants


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Giants of the Monsoon Forest journeys deep into the mountainous rainforests of Burma and India to explore the world of teak logging elephants and their intriguing alliance with humans. Jacob Shell's narrative vividly depicts elephants' extraordinary intelligence, and the complicated bond with individual human riders, a partnership that can last for decades. Giants of the Monsoon Forest reveals an unexpected relationship between evolution in the natural world and political struggles in the human one, while considering how Asia's secret forest culture might offer a way to help protect the fragile spaces both elephants and humans need to survive.



About the Author :
Jacob Shell  is a professor of geography and urban studies at Temple University. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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"... thought-provoking study..." "Never truly domesticated, many elephants in South East Asia worked for humans during the day yet were let go at night to forage in the forest. Jacob Shell discusses this age-old pact between two brainy species. Even if our view of the human-animal relation is changing, the awe in which we hold elephants is amply fed by the stories and history in this fascinating book, especially those in which elephants appear to use their own judgment to solve problems in the field." "In the end, Giants of the Monsoon Forest offers an absorbing look at the dual world of semicaptive Asian elephants and convincingly argues for the interdependence of elephants and forest protection." "Giants of the Monsoon Forest makes a powerfully, though subtly, persuasive case for elephants to continue as working animals. Highly readable, it should appeal to a wide audience, just as the writing of Elephant Bill did in an earlier generation."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780393247763
  • Publisher: WW Norton & Co
  • Publisher Imprint: WW Norton & Co
  • Height: 244 mm
  • No of Pages: 288
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 654 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0393247767
  • Publisher Date: 11 Jun 2019
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Living and Working with Elephants
  • Width: 165 mm


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