Imposing Wilderness Struggles over Livelihood and Nature Preservation in Africa

Name: Imposing Wilderness Struggles over Livelihood and Nature Preservation in Africa
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ISBN: 9780520234680

ISBN-10: 0520234685

ISBN-13: 9780520234680

Edition: 1999

Authors: Roderick P. Neumann

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Arusha National Park in northern Tanzania, known for its scenic beauty, is also a battleground. Roderick Neumann's illuminating analysis shows how this park embodies all the political-ecological dilemmas facing protected areas throughout Africa. The roots of the ongoing struggle between the park on Mount Meru and the neighboring Meru peasant communities go much deeper, in Neumann's view, than the issues of poverty, population growth, and ignorance usually cited. These conflicts reflect differences that go back to the beginning of colonial rule. By imposing a European ideal of pristine wilderness, Neumann says, the establishment of national parks and protected areas displaced African…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 1/23/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 271
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Landscapes of Nature, Terrains of Resistance



Political and Moral Economy on Mount Meru



Conservation versus Custom: State Seizure of Natural Resource Control



Protecting Fauna of the Empire: The Evolution of National Parks in Tanzania



Patterns of Predation at Arusha National Park



Village Moral Economy and the New Colonialis?


Epilogue