| Re-creating Eden: Land Use, Environment, and Society in Southern Angola and Northern Namibia Contributor(s): Kreike, Emmanuel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0325070776 ISBN-13: 9780325070773 Publisher: Greenwood OUR PRICE: $82.17 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2004 Annotation: 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. 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - General - Nature | Natural Resources - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 333.730 |
| LCCN: 2004012295 |
| Series: Social History of Africa (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 6.46" W x 9.39" (1.37 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |