Deforestation and Reforestation in Namibia: The Global Consequences of Local Contradictions
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Preliminary Material
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- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Photos
- Approaches To Environmental Change (1-22) (514K)
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Tree Castles And Population Bombs
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- Tree Castles And Insecurity On The Eve Of Colonial Conquest
- Portuguese Violence And Population Fight Into Ovamboland
- Internal Migration In South Africa’s Ovamboland
- Tree Castles And Deforestation In The 1920s To 1940s
- Colonial Concerns About Overpopulation And Deforestation In The 1950s
- Population Growth In Ovamboland
- Woody Vegetation Resources By The Close Of The Twentieth Century
- Conquest Of Nature: Imperial Political Ecologies (47-82) (250K)
- Fierce Species: Biological Imperialism (83-112) (669K)
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Guns, Hoes And Steel: Techno-Environmental Determinism
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- Guns
- Steel Tools
- Steel Plows
- Guns And Steel In North-Central Namibia
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Naturalizing Cattle Culture: Colonialism As A Deglobalizing And Decommodifying Force
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- The Cattle Complex And Environmental Degradation
- Ovambo Cattle As Global Commodities
- Cattle, Culture And Nature
- Overstocking And Biological Time Bombs
- Colonial Barriers: Conservation And Fences
- Grazing Pressure And Desertification
- Livestock And Deforestation
- Commodification, Deglobalization And Deforestation
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The Palenque Paradox: Beyond Nature-To-Culture
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- Bush Cities And The Bush
- ‘Bushmen’ And The Bush
- The Ovambo Paradox And Environmental Pluralism (177-196) (1M)
- Bibliography (197-216) (189K)
- Index (217-226) (96K)
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Preliminary Material
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