Wielding the ax:state forestry and social conflict in Tanzania, 1820-2000

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sunseri Thaddeus Raymond
Published: Ohio University Press,
Publisher Address: Athens, Ohio
Publication Dates: c2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Ohio University Press series in ecology and history
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Carrier Form: xxx, 293 p.: ill., maps ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9780821418659 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0821418653 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Index Number: F342
CLC: F342.562-09
Call Number: F342.562-09/S958
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-282) and index.
The ax and the copal tree : forests and political consolidation in the coastal hinterland, ca. 1820-90 -- Colonizing the mangroves of German East Africa, 1890-1914 -- Insurgency in the coastal forests, 1904-14 -- State forestry in a colonial backwater, 1920-40 -- Forestry and forced resettlement in colonial Tanzania, 1920-50 -- Forestry unbound : reservation and resistance from World War II to independence, 1946-61 -- Creating modern Tanzanians : state forestry from Uhuru through Ujamaa, 1961-80 -- Biodiversity preservation and emergent forest conflicts, 1980-present.