Re-creating Eden : land use, environment, and society in southern Angola and northern Namibia / Emmanuel Kreike.

SeriesSocial history of Africa, 1099-8098
Social history of Africa. ^A292175
Contents Introduction : colonial conquest, colonial rule, and socio-environmental history -- King Haudanu's ponds : environment and society in the middle and northern floodplain, 1879-1896 -- Making wilderness : pestilence, colonial conquest, and famine, 1897-1915 -- The divide : colonial pacification, borders, and population flight, 1916-1930 -- Migrant labor : investment in socio-environmental recovery, 1900-1960 -- Millet and marriage : domesticating the middle floodplain wilderness, 1930-1960 -- A land without flies : the frontier beyond the floodplain, 1930-1960 -- The search for wilderness : cattleposts, cattle trails, and the colonial border -- 1930-1960.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-285) and index.
LCCN 2004012295
ISBN0325070776 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0325070768 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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