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Domesticating the world [[electronic resource] ] : African consumerism and the genealogies of globalization / / Jeremy Prestholdt
Domesticating the world [[electronic resource] ] : African consumerism and the genealogies of globalization / / Jeremy Prestholdt
Autore Prestholdt Jeremy
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (289 p.)
Disciplina 339.4/709676
Collana California world history library
Soggetto topico Consumer behavior - Africa, Eastern
Globalization - Africa, Eastern
Soggetto non controllato 19th century
africa
african consumers
career
college students
consumer demands
consumerism
consumption
east africa
economic change
engaging
global politics
global relationships
globalization
historical
india
interconnectivity
materialism
modern history
nonfiction
political science
politics
postcolonialism
social change
united states
western expansion
western interests
western world
world history
world trade
ISBN 1-282-36047-7
9786612360473
0-520-94147-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Similitude and Global Relationships: Self-Representation in Mutsamudu -- 2. The Social Logics of Need: Consumer Desire in Mombasa -- 3. The Global Repercussions of Consumerism: East African Consumers and Industrialization -- 4. Cosmopolitanism and Cultural Domestication: Consumer Imports in Zanzibar -- 5. Symbolic Subjection and Social Rebirth: Objectification in Urban Zanzibar -- 6. Picturesque Contradictions: Taxonomies of East Africa -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910780640203321
Prestholdt Jeremy  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
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Domesticating the world [[electronic resource] ] : African consumerism and the genealogies of globalization / / Jeremy Prestholdt
Domesticating the world [[electronic resource] ] : African consumerism and the genealogies of globalization / / Jeremy Prestholdt
Autore Prestholdt Jeremy
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (289 p.)
Disciplina 339.4/709676
Collana California world history library
Soggetto topico Consumer behavior - Africa, Eastern
Globalization - Africa, Eastern
Soggetto non controllato 19th century
africa
african consumers
career
college students
consumer demands
consumerism
consumption
east africa
economic change
engaging
global politics
global relationships
globalization
historical
india
interconnectivity
materialism
modern history
nonfiction
political science
politics
postcolonialism
social change
united states
western expansion
western interests
western world
world history
world trade
ISBN 1-282-36047-7
9786612360473
0-520-94147-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Similitude and Global Relationships: Self-Representation in Mutsamudu -- 2. The Social Logics of Need: Consumer Desire in Mombasa -- 3. The Global Repercussions of Consumerism: East African Consumers and Industrialization -- 4. Cosmopolitanism and Cultural Domestication: Consumer Imports in Zanzibar -- 5. Symbolic Subjection and Social Rebirth: Objectification in Urban Zanzibar -- 6. Picturesque Contradictions: Taxonomies of East Africa -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910821108603321
Prestholdt Jeremy  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
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Game changer [[electronic resource] ] : animal rights and the fate of Africa's wildlife / / Glen Martin
Game changer [[electronic resource] ] : animal rights and the fate of Africa's wildlife / / Glen Martin
Autore Martin Glen <1949->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (268 p.)
Disciplina 179/.3096
Soggetto topico Animal welfare - Africa
Animal rights - Africa
Animal rights - Environmental aspects - Africa
Wildlife conservation - Africa
Animal rights activists - Africa
Animal rights movement - Africa
Soggetto non controllato african history
animal hunting
animal rights movement
animal welfare
animals in africa
aspca
books for animal lovers
books for reluctant readers
conservationists
conservations vs protecting animals
conserve wildlife
discussion books
east africa
easy to read
engaging
environmental conservation protection
how to save animals
how to stop hunters
individual animals
man vs nature
page turner
protecting wildlife
the importance of animals
vacation reads
wildlife in africa
zoos and animals
ISBN 1-280-11658-7
9786613520876
0-520-95205-7
Classificazione NAT037000
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Chapter 1. Never an Eden -- Chapter 2. The Man Who Hated Hyenas -- Chapter 3. Dreaming the Peaceable Kingdom -- Chapter 4. From Automata to Sentient Beings -- Chapter 5. My Cow Trumps Your Lion -- Chapter 6. Death to l'Ancien Régime -- Chapter 7. Reality Check -- Chapter 8. The Kenya Model -- Chapter 9. An Inalienable Right -- Chapter 10. Buy (or Lease) It and They Will Come -- Chapter 11. Even the Cows Must Pay -- Chapter 12. Elephant Man -- Chapter 13. The Sage Reconsiders -- Chapter 14. Commodifying Conservation -- Chapter 15. Not a Primary Issue of Concern -- Chapter 16. Hard Choices -- Chapter 17. The Nation on a Plate -- Chapter 18. Topsoil and Condoms -- Chapter 19. Summing Up in Diani -- Recommended Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910789974603321
Martin Glen <1949->  
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2012
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Game changer [[electronic resource] ] : animal rights and the fate of Africa's wildlife / / Glen Martin
Game changer [[electronic resource] ] : animal rights and the fate of Africa's wildlife / / Glen Martin
Autore Martin Glen <1949->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (268 p.)
Disciplina 179/.3096
Soggetto topico Animal welfare - Africa
Animal rights - Africa
Animal rights - Environmental aspects - Africa
Wildlife conservation - Africa
Animal rights activists - Africa
Animal rights movement - Africa
Soggetto non controllato african history
animal hunting
animal rights movement
animal welfare
animals in africa
aspca
books for animal lovers
books for reluctant readers
conservationists
conservations vs protecting animals
conserve wildlife
discussion books
east africa
easy to read
engaging
environmental conservation protection
how to save animals
how to stop hunters
individual animals
man vs nature
page turner
protecting wildlife
the importance of animals
vacation reads
wildlife in africa
zoos and animals
ISBN 1-280-11658-7
9786613520876
0-520-95205-7
Classificazione NAT037000
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Chapter 1. Never an Eden -- Chapter 2. The Man Who Hated Hyenas -- Chapter 3. Dreaming the Peaceable Kingdom -- Chapter 4. From Automata to Sentient Beings -- Chapter 5. My Cow Trumps Your Lion -- Chapter 6. Death to l'Ancien Régime -- Chapter 7. Reality Check -- Chapter 8. The Kenya Model -- Chapter 9. An Inalienable Right -- Chapter 10. Buy (or Lease) It and They Will Come -- Chapter 11. Even the Cows Must Pay -- Chapter 12. Elephant Man -- Chapter 13. The Sage Reconsiders -- Chapter 14. Commodifying Conservation -- Chapter 15. Not a Primary Issue of Concern -- Chapter 16. Hard Choices -- Chapter 17. The Nation on a Plate -- Chapter 18. Topsoil and Condoms -- Chapter 19. Summing Up in Diani -- Recommended Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910816490603321
Martin Glen <1949->  
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2012
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The Hadza [[electronic resource] ] : hunter-gatherers of Tanzania / / Frank W. Marlowe
The Hadza [[electronic resource] ] : hunter-gatherers of Tanzania / / Frank W. Marlowe
Autore Marlowe Frank <1954->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (337 p.)
Disciplina 305.896/1
Collana Origins of human behavior and culture
Soggetto topico Hatsa (African people) - Hunting
Hatsa (African people) - Food
Hatsa (African people) - Social life and customs
Hunting and gathering societies - Tanzania
Social ecology - Tanzania
Social evolution - Tanzania
Soggetto non controllato anthropologists
anthropology
archaeologists
behavioral ecology
contemporary anthropology
early humans
east africa
easy to read
ethnographers
evolutionary perspective
firsthand research
foraging lifestyle
hadza
human behavior
human evolutionary theory
human origins
hunter gatherers
material culture
nonfiction
olduvai gorge
origins of culture
quantitative ethnography
religion
serengeti
social structure
society
subsistence
tanzania
traditional culture
ISBN 1-282-77271-6
9786612772719
0-520-94544-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto The Hadza and evolutionary theory : an introduction -- Habitat and history -- Social organization, beliefs, and practices -- Material culture -- Foraging -- Life history -- Mating -- Parenting -- Cooperation and food-sharing -- The median foragers : humans in cross-species perspective -- Afterward : the Hadza present and future.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910784955903321
Marlowe Frank <1954->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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The Hadza [[electronic resource] ] : hunter-gatherers of Tanzania / / Frank W. Marlowe
The Hadza [[electronic resource] ] : hunter-gatherers of Tanzania / / Frank W. Marlowe
Autore Marlowe Frank <1954->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (337 p.)
Disciplina 305.896/1
Collana Origins of human behavior and culture
Soggetto topico Hatsa (African people) - Hunting
Hatsa (African people) - Food
Hatsa (African people) - Social life and customs
Hunting and gathering societies - Tanzania
Social ecology - Tanzania
Social evolution - Tanzania
Soggetto non controllato anthropologists
anthropology
archaeologists
behavioral ecology
contemporary anthropology
early humans
east africa
easy to read
ethnographers
evolutionary perspective
firsthand research
foraging lifestyle
hadza
human behavior
human evolutionary theory
human origins
hunter gatherers
material culture
nonfiction
olduvai gorge
origins of culture
quantitative ethnography
religion
serengeti
social structure
society
subsistence
tanzania
traditional culture
ISBN 1-282-77271-6
9786612772719
0-520-94544-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto The Hadza and evolutionary theory : an introduction -- Habitat and history -- Social organization, beliefs, and practices -- Material culture -- Foraging -- Life history -- Mating -- Parenting -- Cooperation and food-sharing -- The median foragers : humans in cross-species perspective -- Afterward : the Hadza present and future.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910821324603321
Marlowe Frank <1954->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Imperial connections [[electronic resource] ] : India in the Indian Ocean arena, 1860-1920 / / Thomas R. Metcalf
Imperial connections [[electronic resource] ] : India in the Indian Ocean arena, 1860-1920 / / Thomas R. Metcalf
Autore Metcalf Thomas R. <1934->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (285 p.)
Disciplina 909/.09824081
Collana The California world history library
Soggetto topico East Indians - Colonization - Indian Ocean Region - History
East Indians - Employment - Indian Ocean Region - History
Soggetto non controllato 1800s
1900s
1920s
africa
agriculture
architecture
british empire
colonial
colonialism
conquest
east africa
empire
geography
global trade
government
immigrants
immigration
imperial
india
indian army
indian ocean
investment
malaya
mesopotamia
migration
policing
provinces
railroad
railway
regional
sikh
transcolonial
uganda
ISBN 1-282-76223-0
9786612762239
0-520-93333-8
1-4337-0969-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Empire Recentered -- 1. Governing Colonial Peoples -- 2. Constructing Identities -- 3. Projecting Power: The Indian Army Overseas -- 4. Recruiting Sikhs for Colonial Police and Military -- 5. "Hard Hands and Sound Healthy Bodies": Recruiting "Coolies" for Natal -- 6. India in East Africa -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910784418803321
Metcalf Thomas R. <1934->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Imperial connections : India in the Indian Ocean arena, 1860-1920 / / Thomas R. Metcalf
Imperial connections : India in the Indian Ocean arena, 1860-1920 / / Thomas R. Metcalf
Autore Metcalf Thomas R. <1934->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (285 p.)
Disciplina 909/.09824081
Collana The California world history library
Soggetto topico East Indians - Colonization - Indian Ocean Region - History
East Indians - Employment - Indian Ocean Region - History
Soggetto non controllato 1800s
1900s
1920s
africa
agriculture
architecture
british empire
colonial
colonialism
conquest
east africa
empire
geography
global trade
government
immigrants
immigration
imperial
india
indian army
indian ocean
investment
malaya
mesopotamia
migration
policing
provinces
railroad
railway
regional
sikh
transcolonial
uganda
ISBN 1-282-76223-0
9786612762239
0-520-93333-8
1-4337-0969-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Empire Recentered -- 1. Governing Colonial Peoples -- 2. Constructing Identities -- 3. Projecting Power: The Indian Army Overseas -- 4. Recruiting Sikhs for Colonial Police and Military -- 5. "Hard Hands and Sound Healthy Bodies": Recruiting "Coolies" for Natal -- 6. India in East Africa -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910816553403321
Metcalf Thomas R. <1934->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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The nature of German imperialism : conservation and the politics of wildlife in colonial East Africa / / Bernhard Gissibl
The nature of German imperialism : conservation and the politics of wildlife in colonial East Africa / / Bernhard Gissibl
Autore Gissibl Bernhard <1976->
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (374 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs
Disciplina 333.95/409678
Collana Environment in History: International Perspectives
Soggetto topico Wildlife conservation - Tanzania - History - 19th century
Wildlife conservation - Political aspects - Germany - History - 19th century
Wildlife conservation - Tanzania - History - 20th century
Wildlife conservation - Political aspects - Germany - History - 20th century
Wildlife management - Tanzania - History - 19th century
Wildlife management - Political aspects - Germany - History - 19th century
Wildlife management - Tanzania - History - 20th century
Wildlife management - Political aspects - Germany - History - 20th century
Soggetto non controllato 1900s
africa
agency
animals
bernhard gissibl
big game
colonial
conservation
east africa
ecology
economic
elephant
game reserves
german
germany
global
government
historian
hunting
imperialism
indigenous people
international
ivory
license
national park
natural world
poaching
politics
preservation
safari
savanna
scholarly
swahili
tanzania
tourism
true story
tsetse
wilderness
wildlife
world history
wwi
ISBN 1-78533-176-0
Classificazione NQ 9400
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations, Figures, and Maps -- Acknowledgements -- Measurements and Currencies -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Doorsteps in Paradise -- PART I Big Men, Big Game between Precolony and Colony -- CHAPTER 1 Tusks, Trust, and Trade: Ecologies of Hunting in Precolonial East Africa -- CHAPTER 2 Seeing Like a State, Acting Like a Chief: The Colonial Politics of Ivory, 1890–1903 -- PART II The Making of Tanzania’s Wildlife Conservation Regime -- CHAPTER 3 Preserving the Hunt, Provoking a War: Wildlife Politics and Maji Maji -- CHAPTER 4 Colony or Zoological Garden? Settlers, Science, and the State -- CHAPTER 5 The Imperial Game: Rinderpest, Wildmord, and the Emperor’s Breakfast, 1910–14 -- PART III Spaces of Conservation between Metropole and Colony -- CHAPTER 6 Places of Deep: Time The Political Geography of Colonial Wildlife Conservation -- CHAPTER 7 Rivalry and Stewardship: The Anglo-German Origins of International Wildlife Conservation in Africa -- CHAPTER 8 A Sense of Place: Representations of Africa and Environmental Identities in Germany -- Epilogue: Germany’s African Wildlife and the Presence of the Past -- Appendix: Synopsis of Game Ordinances in German East Africa, 1891–1914 -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910798410103321
Gissibl Bernhard <1976->  
New York, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2016
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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The nature of German imperialism : conservation and the politics of wildlife in colonial East Africa / / Bernhard Gissibl
The nature of German imperialism : conservation and the politics of wildlife in colonial East Africa / / Bernhard Gissibl
Autore Gissibl Bernhard <1976->
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (374 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs
Disciplina 333.95/409678
Collana Environment in History: International Perspectives
Soggetto topico Wildlife conservation - Tanzania - History - 19th century
Wildlife conservation - Political aspects - Germany - History - 19th century
Wildlife conservation - Tanzania - History - 20th century
Wildlife conservation - Political aspects - Germany - History - 20th century
Wildlife management - Tanzania - History - 19th century
Wildlife management - Political aspects - Germany - History - 19th century
Wildlife management - Tanzania - History - 20th century
Wildlife management - Political aspects - Germany - History - 20th century
Soggetto non controllato 1900s
africa
agency
animals
bernhard gissibl
big game
colonial
conservation
east africa
ecology
economic
elephant
game reserves
german
germany
global
government
historian
hunting
imperialism
indigenous people
international
ivory
license
national park
natural world
poaching
politics
preservation
safari
savanna
scholarly
swahili
tanzania
tourism
true story
tsetse
wilderness
wildlife
world history
wwi
ISBN 1-78533-176-0
Classificazione NQ 9400
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations, Figures, and Maps -- Acknowledgements -- Measurements and Currencies -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Doorsteps in Paradise -- PART I Big Men, Big Game between Precolony and Colony -- CHAPTER 1 Tusks, Trust, and Trade: Ecologies of Hunting in Precolonial East Africa -- CHAPTER 2 Seeing Like a State, Acting Like a Chief: The Colonial Politics of Ivory, 1890–1903 -- PART II The Making of Tanzania’s Wildlife Conservation Regime -- CHAPTER 3 Preserving the Hunt, Provoking a War: Wildlife Politics and Maji Maji -- CHAPTER 4 Colony or Zoological Garden? Settlers, Science, and the State -- CHAPTER 5 The Imperial Game: Rinderpest, Wildmord, and the Emperor’s Breakfast, 1910–14 -- PART III Spaces of Conservation between Metropole and Colony -- CHAPTER 6 Places of Deep: Time The Political Geography of Colonial Wildlife Conservation -- CHAPTER 7 Rivalry and Stewardship: The Anglo-German Origins of International Wildlife Conservation in Africa -- CHAPTER 8 A Sense of Place: Representations of Africa and Environmental Identities in Germany -- Epilogue: Germany’s African Wildlife and the Presence of the Past -- Appendix: Synopsis of Game Ordinances in German East Africa, 1891–1914 -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910821478903321
Gissibl Bernhard <1976->  
New York, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2016
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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