Description
| Product ID: | 9781785331756 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Environment in History: International Perspectives |
| Title: | The Nature of German Imperialism |
| Subtitle: | Conservation and the Politics of Wildlife in Colonial East Africa |
| Authors: | Author: Bernhard Gissibl |
| Page Count: | 374 |
| Subjects: | African history, African history, Colonialism and imperialism, Conservation of wildlife and habitats, Colonialism & imperialism, Conservation of wildlife & habitats, Tanzania, c 1800 to c 1900, c 1900 - c 1914 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This is the first book-length study analyzing the origins of Tanzania's wildlife conservation under German colonial rule. It examines the shift of wildlife policies from exploitation to preservation. Today, the East African state of Tanzania is renowned for wildlife preserves such as the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and the Selous Game Reserve. Yet few know that most of these initiatives emerged from decades of German colonial rule. This book gives the first full account of Tanzanian wildlife conservation up until World War I, focusing upon elephant hunting and the ivory trade as vital factors in a shift from exploitation to preservation that increasingly excluded indigenous Africans. Analyzing the formative interactions between colonial governance and the natural world, The Nature of German Imperialism situates East African wildlife policies within the global emergence of conservationist sensibilities around 1900. |
| Imprint Name: | Berghahn Books |
| Publisher Name: | Berghahn Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-07-01 |
