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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484307503321

Autore

Schauer Jeff

Titolo

Wildlife between Empire and Nation in Twentieth-Century Africa / / by Jeff Schauer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-02883-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 pages)

Collana

African Histories and Modernities, , 2634-5773

Disciplina

333.9516096

333.954096

Soggetti

Imperialism

Nature conservation

African History

Imperialism and Colonialism

African Politics

Nature Conservation

Africa History

Africa Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Imperial Ark: Imperial Preservationists and African Wildlife -- 3. Governing the Game: Expertise, Administration, and the Making of Colonial Wildlife Policy in Uganda and Northern Rhodesia -- 4. Government Cattle: Anti-Wildlife Politics in East and Central Africa -- 5. Deferring Uhuru: Decolonization and the Coming of the Global Wildlife Preservation Movement -- 6. Pachyderms and Parks: Ecological Politics and East Africa’s National Parks -- 7. National Conservation: Kenya, Britain, and World Bank and Global Entanglements -- 8. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book traces the emergence of wildlife policy in colonial eastern and central Africa over the course of a century. Spanning from imperial conquest through the consolidation of colonial rule, the rise of nationalism, and the emergence of neocolonial and neoliberal institutions, this book shows how these fundamental themes of the



twentieth century shaped the relationships between humans and animals in what are today Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Malawi. A set of key themes emerges—changing 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 Africa—one which has lasted into the twenty-first century.