{"product_id":"from-enslavement-to-environmentalism-9780295985909","title":"From Enslavement to Environmentalism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTakes an ethnographic and historical look at the politics of eco-development in the Zimbabwe-Mozambique border zone. This book views that European colonization in southern Africa has profoundly reshaped rural politics and culture, as neo-liberal developers commoditize the lands of African peasants in the name of conservation and economic progress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Presents an exciting and well-researched overall appraisal of the history, culture, politics, and economics of the boundary region between Zimbabwe and Mozambique. This is a regional and interdisciplinary work that deserves attention from scholars of southern Africa and anyone interested in ideas around development, environment, and power in the postcolonial African state.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Jane Carruthers * Environmental History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFrom Enslavement to Environmentalism\u003c\/i\u003e is a theoretically, historically, and ethnographically rigorous book that will challenge academics and practitioners to rethink, requestion, and reevaluate current social processes and our well-intended roles in them. This is an exceptional and timely work, distinguished by Hughes's characteristic balance of insight, genuine, provocation, and concern.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Society and Natural Resources *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFrom Enslavement to Environmentalism\u003c\/i\u003e is an important contribution to the fields of political ecology, environmental anthropology, and Southern African studies. Hughes has combined archival research and ethnographic fieldwork to produce a historically situated account of contemporary struggles over land and development while raising fundamental questions about the nature of environment and development projects in Southern Africa.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * American Anthropologist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"McDermott Hughes. . . offers a rich anthropological interpretation of cultures of ownership and failures of liberalism . . . . Hughes has written a fine study of settlement and land politics in the southern regions of Africa. It is an important and interesting book, well worth the read.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Canadian Journal of History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An excellent study . . .presents policymakers, activists, and scholars alike with an important and provocative argument that deserves to be heard.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * International Journal of African Historical Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating study of the history and current state of the politics of land and people on both sides of the Mozambique-Zimbabwe border. This is a valuable work in terms of its specific coverage of the Ndau-speaking people.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * African Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is an important book. Its contributions are multiple. The historical analysis of political development in these two regions of Mozambique and Zimbabwe is provocative, and suggests a novel way of viewing the dynamics of colonialism . . . . An important addition to the scant historiography of the region.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Anthropological Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFrom Enslavement to Environmentalism\u003c\/i\u003e stands out in the debate on politics around community-based conservation in Africa and is very strong empirically.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Electronic Green Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Linguistic Conventions\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Power on African Frontiers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 1: Colonization, Failed and Successful\u003cbr\u003e 1. Compulsory Labor and Unclaimed Land in Gogoi, Mozambique, 1862-1992\u003cbr\u003e 2. From Clientship to Land-Grabbing in Vhimba, Zimbabwe, 1893-1990\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 2: The Border\u003cbr\u003e 3. Refugees, Squatters, and the Politics of Land Allocation in Vhimba\u003cbr\u003e 4. Community Forestry as Land-Grabbing in Vhimba\u003cbr\u003e 5. Expatriate Loggers and Mapmakers in Gogoi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 3: Native Questions\u003cbr\u003e 6. Open Native Reserves or None?\u003cbr\u003e 7. In Conclusion, Three Liberal Projects Reassessed\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524696088919,"sku":"9780295985909","price":91.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295985909.jpg?v=1731857787","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-enslavement-to-environmentalism-9780295985909","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}