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Eroding the Commons (Eastern African Studies): The Politics of Ecology in Baringo, Kenya, 1890s-1963 (Eastern African Studies (Hardcover)) - Hardcover
Colonial Baringo was largely unnoticed until drought and localized famine in the mid-1920s led to claims that its crisis was brought on by overcrowding and livestock mismanagement. In response to the alarm over erosion, the state embarked on a program for rehabilitation, conservation, and development. Eroding the Commons examines Baringo's efforts to contend with the problems of erosion and describes how they became a point of reference for similar programs in British Africa, especially as rural development began to encompass goals beyond economic growth and toward an accelerated transformation of African society. It provides an excellent focus for the investigation of the broader evolution of colonial ideologies and practices of development.
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"The Eroding Commons helps to fill a gap in Kalenjin history, especially that of the Tugen in the twentieth century, which has received little scholarly attention to date. It is an invaluable resource for graduate students and specialists with an interst in land tenure, development, pastoralism, or East African ethnic groups."--African Studies Review
"This book is a most important addition to the field of African history and related thematic fields of environmental history, political history, and (but to a lesser degree) the history of science. [It] is a brilliantly researched and written book ... an ample demonstration of the value of local stories to illuminate global trends."--James C. McCann, author of Green Land, Brown Land, Black Land
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"This book is a most important addition to the field of African history and related thematic fields of environmental history, political history, and (but to a lesser degree) the history of science. [It] is a brilliantly researched and written book ... an ample demonstration of the value of local stories to illuminate global trends."--James C. McCann, author of Green Land, Brown Land, Black Land
Anderson (history, U. of London, UK) draws on extensive research of primary sources to tell the complex story of environmental use in the Baringo area of Kenya before and after British colonial intervention. The book's first half describes the people of the area and the history of their use of the environment, particularly for the grazing of livest
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- PublisherOhio University Press
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0821414798
- ISBN 13 9780821414798
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages336
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