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The Nature of German Imperialism: Conservation and the Politics of Wildlife in Colonial East Africa

The Nature of German Imperialism: Conservation and the Politics of Wildlife in Colonial East Africa

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Series: Environment in History: International Perspectives, Book 9

African HistoryEnvironmental StudiesGerman History

ISBN10: 1789204925
ISBN13: 9781789204926
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Jun 16 2019
Pages: 374
Weight: 1.11
Height: 0.78 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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.

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