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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 |
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Prestholdt Jeremy
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| 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 |
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Martin Glen <1949->
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2012 | ||
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| 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 |
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Martin Glen <1949->
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2012 | ||
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| 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-9910784955903321 |
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Marlowe Frank <1954->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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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 |
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Metcalf Thomas R. <1934->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007 | ||
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| 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 |
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Gissibl Bernhard <1976->
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| New York, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2016 | ||
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| 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 |
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Gissibl Bernhard <1976->
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| New York, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Savannas of our birth [[electronic resource] ] : people, wildlife, and change in East Africa / / Robin S. Reid
| Savannas of our birth [[electronic resource] ] : people, wildlife, and change in East Africa / / Robin S. Reid |
| Autore | Reid Robin Spencer |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (411 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577.4/80967 |
| Soggetto topico |
Savanna ecology - Africa, East
Land use - Environmental aspects - Africa, East Pastoral systems - Environmental aspects - Africa, East Savannas - Africa, East |
| Soggetto non controllato |
african biodiversity
african culture african environment african history african society african wildlife aspca books for history lovers books for science lovers conservation of environment discussion books east africa easy to read ecology educational books engaging evolution of life home school education books human evolution importance of environment learning from experts leisure reads life in africa life sciences politics and history population growth protect the animals wildlife vs livestock |
| ISBN |
1-283-54319-2
9786613855640 0-520-95407-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter One. Searching for the Middle Ground -- Chapter Two. Savannas of Our Birth -- Chapter Three. Pastoral People, Livestock, and Wildlife -- Chapter Four. Moving Continents, Varying Climate, and Abundant Wildlife: Drivers of Human Evolution? -- Chapter Five. Ecosystem Engineers Come of Age -- Chapter Six. Can Pastoral People and Livestock Enrich Savanna Landscapes? -- Chapter Seven. When Coexistence Turns into Conflict -- Chapter Eight. The Serengeti- Mara: "Wild Africa" or Ancient Land of People? -- Chapter Nine. Amboseli: "Cattle Create Trees, Elephants Create Grassland" in the Shadow of Kilimanjaro -- Chapter Ten. The Kaputiei Plains: The Last Days of an Urban Savanna? -- Chapter Eleven. Ngorongoro: A Grand Experiment of People and Wildlife -- Chapter Twelve. Savannas of Our Future: Finding Diversity in the Middle Ground -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791932203321 |
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Reid Robin Spencer
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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