Social History African Environments
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Social History African Environments
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Author : William Beinart
language : en
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Release Date : 2003
Social History African Environments written by William Beinart and has been published by Ohio University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
The explosion of interest in African environmental history has stimulated research and writing on a wide range of issues facing many African nations. This collection represents some of the finest studies to date. The general topics include African environmental ideas and practices; colonial science, the state and African responses; and settlers and Africans' culture and nature. The contributors are Emmanuel Kreike, Karen Middleton, Innocent Pikirayi, Terence Ranger, JoAnn McGregor, Helen Tilley, Grace Garswell, John McCracken, Ingrid Yngstrom, David Bunn, Sandra Swart, Robert J. Gordon, and Jane Carruthers.
Landscape Environment And Technology In Colonial And Postcolonial Africa
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Author : Toyin Falola
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-03-01
Landscape Environment And Technology In Colonial And Postcolonial Africa written by Toyin Falola and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-01 with History categories.
This volume seeks to identify and examine two categories of colonial and postcolonial knowledge production about Africa. These two broad categories are "environment" and "landscape," and both are useful and problematic to explore. Discussions about African environments often concentrate on Africans as perpetrators of their own land, causing degradation from lack of knowledge and technology. "Landscape" defines the category of knowledge produced by foreigners about Africa, where Africans remain part of the scenery and yield no agency over their surroundings. To flesh out these categories and explore their creation and how they have been deployed to shape colonial and postcolonial discourses on Africa, this volume investigates the "technological pastoral," the points of convergence and conflict between Western notions of pastoral Africa and the introduction of colonial technology, scientific ideas and commodification of land and animals.
Environmental Infrastructure In African History
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Author : Emmanuel Kreike
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-05-13
Environmental Infrastructure In African History written by Emmanuel Kreike and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-13 with Nature categories.
Environmental Infrastructure in African History offers a new approach for analyzing and narrating environmental change. Environmental change conventionally is understood as occurring in a linear fashion, moving from a state of more nature to a state of less nature and more culture. In this model, non-Western and pre-modern societies live off natural resources, whereas more modern societies rely on artifact, or nature that is transformed and domesticated through science and technology into culture. In contrast, Emmanuel Kreike argues that both non-Western and pre-modern societies inhabit a dynamic middle ground between nature and culture. He asserts that humans - in collaboration with plants, animals, and other animate and inanimate forces - create environmental infrastructure that constantly is remade and re-imagined in the face of ongoing processes of change.
African History Environmental History And Race Relations
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Author : William Beinart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
African History Environmental History And Race Relations written by William Beinart and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Reference categories.
In his lecture, Beinart observes that, to those who established the Rhodes Chair of Race Relations, and to subsequent electors, race relations has meant the impact of European civilisations on non-European peoples and territories in Africa.
The Rise Of Conservation In South Africa
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Author : William Beinart
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2008-05-29
The Rise Of Conservation In South Africa written by William Beinart and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-29 with Business & Economics categories.
A major contribution to the environmental history of settler societies, William Beinart's innovative study analyses the development of conservationalist ideas over the long term in South Africa, examining them as a response to the rapid transformation of natural pastures brought about as the Cape became a major exporter of wool.
African History A Very Short Introduction
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Author : John Parker
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2007-03-22
African History A Very Short Introduction written by John Parker and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-22 with History categories.
Intended for those interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this work looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. It illustrates key themes in modern thinking about Africa's history with a range of historical examples.
Re Creating Eden
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Author : Emmanuel Kreike
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 2004-10-26
Re Creating Eden written by Emmanuel Kreike and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-10-26 with Business & Economics categories.
This work analyzes the social and environmental impact of colonial conquest and pacification of Africa through a case study of the Angolan-Namibian borderlands. This work analyzes the social and environmental impact of colonial conquest and pacification of Africa through a case study of the Angolan-Namibian borderlands. These areas were exposed to three different systems of colonial expansion: German, Portuguese, and British (South African). This study demonstrates the interactions between social and environmental factors, structures and processes and shows that colonial conquest needs to be acknowledged as a major problem. It includes in-depth analysis of the late 19th to 20th century processes of social and environmental change at the village, household, and individual levels. It illustrates how refugees managed to restore a workable environment without massive outside aid and despite colonial exactions.
Historical Settlement Of Liberia And Its Environmental Impact
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Author : Syrulwa L. Somah
language : en
Publisher: University Press of America
Release Date : 1995
Historical Settlement Of Liberia And Its Environmental Impact written by Syrulwa L. Somah and has been published by University Press of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
This powerful book argues persistently that the historical settlement of liberated Americans of African descent had a destabilizing impact on the geography, politics, social and economic structure, environment, and culture of Liberia. The author also draws attention to the environmental consciousness of indigenous Liberians and delves into the historical roots of the principle health problems and industrial activities threatening Liberia's environment. Contents: Glossary; Liberia Historical Roots; Geographical Description of Liberia; The Arrival of New Settlers; Historical Review; Environmental Devastation; Introduction; Principle Health Problems Which Have Historical Roots; Building of Monrovia: A Case Study; Impact of Foreign Capital on National Decision; Deforestation and Ecological Impact; The Impact of Iron Ore on Aquatic Biomass; Proposal of a New Environmental Policy in Liberia, Summary and Recommendations; Endnotes; Bibliography.
Environment Power And Injustice
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Author : Nancy J. Jacobs
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-06-26
Environment Power And Injustice written by Nancy J. Jacobs and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-06-26 with Business & Economics categories.
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African Environmental Crisis
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Author : Gufu Oba
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-03-13
African Environmental Crisis written by Gufu Oba and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-13 with Social Science categories.
This book explores how and why the idea of the African environmental crisis developed and persisted through colonial and post-colonial periods, and why it has been so influential in development discourse. From the beginnings of imperial administration, the idea of the desiccation of African environments grew in popularity, but this crisis discourse was dominated by the imposition of imperial scientific knowledge, neglecting indigenous knowledge and experience. African Environmental Crisis provides a synthesis of more than one-and-a-half century’s research on peasant agriculture and pastoral rangeland development in terms of soil erosion control, animal husbandry, grazing schemes, large-scale agricultural schemes, social and administrative science research, and vector-disease and pest controls. Drawing on comparative socio-ecological perspectives of African peoples across the East African colonies and post-independent states, this book refutes the hypothesis that African peoples were responsible for environmental degradation. Instead, Gufu Oba argues that flawed imperial assumptions and short-term research projects generated an inaccurate view of the environment in Africa. This book’s discussion of the history of science for development provides researchers across environmental studies, agronomy, African history and development studies with a lens through which to understand the underlying assumptions behind development projects in Africa.
