Wielding the ax : state forestry and social conflict in Tanzania, 1820-2000 / Thaddeus Sunseri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sunseri, Thaddeus Raymond.

Series:

Ohio University Press series in ecology and history.

Ohio University Press series in ecology and history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forests and forestry--Tanzania--History.

Forests and forestry.

Forest policy--Social aspects--Tanzania--History.

Forest policy.

Forest policy--Political aspects--Tanzania--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 293 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Forests have been at the fault lines of contact between African peasant communities in the Tanzanian coastal hinterland and outsiders for almost two centuries. In recent decades, a global call for biodiversity preservation has been the main challenge to Tanzanians and their forests. Thaddeus Sunseri uses the lens of forest history to explore some of the most profound transformations in Tanzania from the nineteenth century to the present. He explores anticolonial rebellions, the world wars, the depression, the Cold War, oil shocks, and nationalism through their intersections with and impacts

Contents:

Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: The Ax and the Copal Tree: Forests and Political Consolidation in the Coastal Hinterland, ca. 1820-90; Chapter 2: Colonizing the Mangroves of German East Africa, 1890-1914; Chapter 3: Insurgency in the Coastal Forests, 1904Đ14; Chapter 4: State Forestry in a Colonial Backwater, 1920Đ40; Chapter 5: Forestry and Forced Resettlement in Colonial Tanzania, 1920Đ50; Chapter 6: Forestry Unbound: Reservation and Resistance from World War II to Independence, 1946-61; Chapter 7: Creating Modern Tanzanians: State Forestry from Uhuru through Ujamaa, 1961-80; Chapter 8: Biodiversity Preservation and Emergent Forest Conflicts, 1980-Present; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780821443965

0821443968

OCLC:

889675578