The essays collected in "Cultivating the Colonies" demonstrate
how the relationship between colonial power and nature reveals the
nature of power. Each essay explores how colonial governments
translated ideas about the management of exotic nature and foreign
people into practice, and how they literally "got their hands
dirty" in the business of empire. The eleven essays include studies
of animal husbandry in the Philippines, farming in Indochina, and
indigenous medicine in India. They are global in scope, ranging
from the Russian North to Mozambique, examining the consequences of
colonialism on nature, including its impact on animals, fisheries,
farmlands, medical practices, and even the diets of indigenous
people. "Cultivating the Colonies "establishes beyond all possible
doubt the importance of the environment as a locus for studying the
power of the colonial state.
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