Landscape and Environment in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa.

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 Africa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Falola, Toyin
Otros Autores: Brownell, Emily
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011.
Colección:Routledge African studies.
Temas:
Environmental policy > Africa > History.
Land use > Environmental aspects > Africa > History.
Technology > Environmental aspects > Africa > History.
Economic development > Environmental aspects > Africa > History.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Afrique > Histoire.
Utilisation du sol > Aspect de l'environnement > Afrique > Histoire.
Technologie > Aspect de l'environnement > Afrique > Histoire.
Développement économique > Aspect de l'environnement > Afrique > Histoire.
Economic development > Environmental aspects
Environmental policy
Land use > Environmental aspects
Technology > Environmental aspects
Africa
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (355 pages).
ISBN:9780203806760
020380676X

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