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Discovering the okapi : Western science, indigenous knowledge, and the search for a rainforest enigma / Simon Pooley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pooley, Simon, author.
- Series:
- Animals, history, culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Okapi.
- Animals--Africa--Identification.
- Animals.
- Captive wild animals--Western countries.
- Captive wild animals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 366 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025.
- Contents:
- Discovery of the okapi
- Settling okapi taxonomy and the first monograph
- Possession, exhibition, dissemination
- Okapis take shape in the Western imagination
- Okapis in African art, ancient and modern
- Catching okapi, 1901-1915
- Pursuing okapi in the interwar years
- Capture, transport and survival of okapi after 1918
- Zoo conservation and the deadly journey to the West
- Nature of the beast
- Okapi science after 1945
- Indigenous Africans as "primitive experts" on okapi
- Western framings of the peoples and forests of the Congo
- Clashing world views in a crucible for wildlife conservation.
- Notes:
- The okapi (Okapia Johnstoni) -- reduced one half from Sir Harry Johnston's original painting).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 13, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Pooley, Simon. Discovering the okapi
- ISBN:
- 9781421452494
- 1421452499
- Publisher Number:
- 90104185921
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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