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Wielding the ax : state forestry and social conflict in Tanzania, 1820-2000 /
Forests have been at the fault lines of contact between African peasant communities in the Tanzanian coastal hinterland and outsiders for almost two centuries. In recent decades, a global call for biodiversity preservation has been the main challenge to Tanzanians and their forests. Thaddeus Sunseri...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Athens, Ohio :
Ohio University Press,
©2009.
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| Series: | Ohio University Press series in ecology and history.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: The Ax and the Copal Tree: Forests and Political Consolidation in the Coastal Hinterland, ca. 1820-90; Chapter 2: Colonizing the Mangroves of German East Africa, 1890-1914; Chapter 3: Insurgency in the Coastal Forests, 1904Đ14; Chapter 4: State Forestry in a Colonial Backwater, 1920Đ40; Chapter 5: Forestry and Forced Resettlement in Colonial Tanzania, 1920Đ50; Chapter 6: Forestry Unbound: Reservation and Resistance from World War II to Independence, 1946-61.
- Chapter 7: Creating Modern Tanzanians: State Forestry from Uhuru through Ujamaa, 1961-80Chapter 8: Biodiversity Preservation and Emergent Forest Conflicts, 1980-Present; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.