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Author:

Hughes, David McDermott.

Title:

From enslavement to environmentalism : politics on a Southern African frontier / David McDermott Hughes.

Publisher:

University of Washington Press in association with Weaver PressHarare,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xvii, 285 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Land use--Vhimba--Vhimba--History.
Land tenure--Vhimba--Vhimba--History.
Land use--Gogói--Gogói--History.
Land tenure--Gogói--Gogói--History.
Vhimba (Zimbabwe)--Colonization.
Gogói (Mozambique)--Colonization.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-271) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : power on African frontiers -- Compulsory labor and unclaimed land in Gogoi, Mozambique, 1862-1992 -- From clientship to land-grabbing in Vhimba, Zimbabwe, 1893-1990 -- Refugees, squatters, and the politics of land allocation in Vhimba -- Community forestry as land-grabbing in Vhimba -- Expatriate loggers and mapmakers in Gogoi -- Open native reserves or none? -- In conclusion, three liberal projects reassessed.

Series:

Culture, place, and nature

ISBN:

9780295985909 (hardback : alk. paper)
0295985909 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2005027615

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)