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Book SynopsisArusha National Park in northern Tanzania, known for its scenic beauty, is also a battleground. This title shows how this park embodies the political-ecological dilemmas facing protected areas throughout Africa. It focuses on the symbolic importance of natural landscapes among various social groups in this setting.
Trade Review"A valuable and thought-provoking book. The book is readable, and the analysis mature and direct. The arguments it makes are important, both for academic debates about society and nature and for the raging policy debate about 'people and conservation."' - W. M. Adams, Environmental Planning and Management "An impressive achievement.... Given the intense and sometimes violent character of park-centered conflicts, given the pivotal role of nature tourism in the foreign-currency earnings of African countries, and given the persistence of rural poverty, Neumann's observations and arguments take on tremendous significance." - Allan Pred, Editorial Board, California Studies in Critical Human Geography
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Landscapes of Nature, Terrains of Resistance 2. Political and Moral Economy on Mount Meru 3. Conservation versus Custom: State Seizure of Natural Resource Control 4. Protecting Fauna of the Empire: TheEvolution of National Parks in Tanzania 5. Patterns of Predation at Arusha National Park 6. Village Moral Economy and the New Colonialism Epilogue
