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Author Neumann, Roderick P., 1954-

Title Imposing wilderness : struggles over livelihood and nature preservation in Africa / Roderick P. Neumann
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series California studies in critical human geography ; 4
California studies in critical human geography ; 4.
Contents Landscapes of nature, terrains of resistance -- Political and moral economy on Mount Meru -- Conservation versus custom : state seizure of natural resource control -- Protecting the fauna of the empire : the evolution of national parks in Tanzania -- Patterns of predation at Arusha National Park -- Village moral economy and the new colonialism
Summary "Arusha National Park in northern Tanzania, known for its scenic beauty, embodies in microcosm all the political-ecological dilemmas facing protected areas throughout Africa: it is, in part, a battle ground. The roots of the ongoing struggle between the park on Mount Meru and the neighboring Meru peasant communities go much deeper, in Roderick Neumann's illuminating analysis, than the issues of poverty, population growth, and ignorance usually cited. The conflicts regularly erupting there and elsewhere reflect differences that go back to the beginning of colonial rule. By imposing a European ideal of pristine wilderness, Neumann says, the establishment of national parks and protected areas displaced African meanings as well as material access to the land." "The book focuses on the symbolic importance of natural landscapes among various social groups in this setting, and how it relates to conflicts between peasant communities and the state. Neumann's thoughtful framing of the issues that fuel ongoing controversies will interest ecologists as well as those interested in political economy and development in Africa."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject National parks and reserves -- Social aspects -- Tanzania -- Arusha National Park
Nature conservation -- Social aspects -- Tanzania -- Arusha National Park
Tanzania.
Meru (Kenya)
land scarcity.
national parks and reserves.
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
National parks and reserves -- Social aspects
Nature conservation -- Social aspects
Naturschutz
Sozialer Konflikt
Nationalpark
Nationale parken.
Sociale aspecten.
Kolonialisme.
SUBJECT Arusha National Park (Tanzania) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98001230
Subject Tanzania -- Arusha National Park
Tansania
Arusha-Nationalpark
Tanzania.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 98012746
ISBN 9780520929036
0520929039
0585274649
9780585274645