Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Introduction: The Towns That Elephants Built 1
7. Chapter One. A History of the Ivory Trade 25
8. Chapter Two. Consuming Elephants, Consuming Empire 69
9. Chapter Three. Problem Elephants and the Formation of a Conservation Ethos 110
10. Chapter Four. The Ivory Museum and the Materiality of Heritage 137
11. Chapter Five. The Heritage Industry in East Africa 151
12. Conclusion: Notes from the Ivory Tower 185
13. Notes 189
14. Works Cited 213
15. Index 241