Elephants and Kings - An Environmental History

Informationen zum Autor Thomas R. Trautmann is professor emeritus of history and anthropology at the University of Michigan. He is the author of many books! including Dravidian Kinship! Lewis Henry Morgan and the Invention of Kinship! Aryans and British India! and India: Brief History of a Civilization. Klappentext Because of their enormous size! elephants have long been irresistible for kings as symbols of their eminence. The author traces the history of the war elephant in India and the spread of the institution to the West! where elephants took part in some of the greatest wars of antiquity. Zusammenfassung Because of their enormous size! elephants have long been irresistible for kings as symbols of their eminence. The author traces the history of the war elephant in India and the spread of the institution to the West! where elephants took part in some of the greatest wars of antiquity.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Trautmann, Thomas R. Trautmann, Trautmann Thomas R.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.08.2015
• EAN: 9780226264363
• ISBN: 978-0-226-26436-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, India, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Animals & society, Conservation of wildlife & habitats, Social and cultural anthropology, Asian History, Animals and society, Conservation of wildlife and habitats, HISTORY / Asia / South / India