Wildlife Between Empire and Nation in Twentieth-Century Africa
Document Type
Monograph
Publication Date
12-17-2018
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
First page number:
1
Last page number:
300
Abstract
Traces the emergence of wildlife policy in eastern and central Africa over a century. Spanning from imperial conquest, the consolidation of colonial rule, the rise of nationalism, and the emergence of neocolonial and neoliberal institutions, this book shows how these fundamental twentieth century trends shaped the relationships between humans and animals in five African countries. A set of key themes emergeschanging administrative forms, militarization, nationalism, science, and a relentlessly broadening constituency for wildlife. Jeff Schauer illuminates how each of these developments were contingent upon the colonial experience, and how they fashioned a web of structures for understanding and governing wildlife in Africaone which has lasted into the twenty-first century.
Keywords
History; Conservation; Colonialism in africa; Wildlife policy in africa; Neocolonialism
Disciplines
African History | Arts and Humanities | History
Language
English
Repository Citation
Schauer, J.
(2018).
Wildlife Between Empire and Nation in Twentieth-Century Africa.
1-300.
Palgrave Macmillan.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02883-1