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Green Colonialism in Zimbabwe, 1890-1980 (Hardcover, New)
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Green Colonialism in Zimbabwe, 1890-1980 (Hardcover, New)
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This book examines the debates and processes on woodland
exploitation in Zimbabwe during the colonial era (1890-1960). It
explores the social, economic, and political contexts of
perceptions on woodland distribution and management. Much of the
period was characterized by both local and global debates about
environmental problems, generating in their wake politically
charged and emotive language about the consequences--deforestation,
soil erosion, and threats to wildlife. This study analyses the
history of exploitation and conservation of the Zimbabwean teak
(mkusi or Baikiea plurijuga) and its associated species in
Northwestern Matabeleland from 1890 to 1960. Timber exploitation
was among the top three colonial economic activities in
Matabeleland, including ranching and tobacco cultivation.
Concessionaire capitalists and forestry officials dominated the
exploitation and conservation of the Zambezi teak woodland or gusu,
respectively. On one hand, capitalists sought to extract as much
commercial hardwood timber as they could while on the other hand,
foresters restricted tree felling. In this first critical work on
the topic, author Vimbai Kwashirai focuses on woodland conservation
and commercial development in Zimbabwe during the colonial period.
Emphasis is placed on the tensions, conflicts, and sometimes the
collusions between timber companies and the developing state. This
book provides a rich example of Green Imperialism along the lines
of Richard Grove, but goes beyond that by giving an economic
historical account that situates conservation history within the
broader political-economic context. This book is based on broad
archival research, and it traces the relationship between
conservation and the development of commercial capital from forest
enterprises in colonial Zimbabwe. It delivers much insight on the
conflicts and tensions of the workings of the British South Africa
Company (a capitalist enterprise that was at the same time
overseeing the development of a state polity of the then Rhodesia),
providing evidence for a strong argument for the development of
industrial capital under colonialism. The forestry service was
caught in these tensions of supporting and enterprise, but also
trying to regulate that green capital and establish the beginnings
of protected forests in Zimbabwe. This book casts much light on the
environmental impact on a part of Africa caused by the push and
pull of politics and economics. This book will be an important
addition to collections in African studies, environmental studies,
and political science.
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