Colonial Seeds in African Soil
Colonial Seeds in African Soil

Author: Paul Munro

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2020-02-03

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 1789206251

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“Empire forestry”—the broadly shared forest management practice that emerged in the West in the nineteenth century—may have originated in Europe, but it would eventually reshape the landscapes of colonies around the world. Melding the approaches of environmental history and political ecology, Colonial Seeds in African Soil unravels the complex ways this dynamic played out in twentieth-century colonial Sierra Leone. While giving careful attention to topics such as forest reservation and exploitation, the volume moves beyond conservation practices and discourses, attending to the overlapping social, economic, and political contexts that have shaped approaches to forest management over time.

Blazing Heritage
Blazing Heritage

Author: Hal K. Rothman

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2007-04-12

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 0190208066

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National parks played a unique role in the development of wildfire management on American public lands. With a different mission and powerful meaning to the public, the national parks were a psychic battleground for the contests between fire suppression and its use as a management tool. Blazing Heritage tells how the national parks shaped federal fire management.

Africa and World War II
Africa and World War II

Author: Judith Ann-Marie Byfield

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-04-20

Total Pages: 565

ISBN-13: 110705320X

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This volume offers a fresh perspective on Africa's central role in the Allied victory in World War II. Its detailed case studies, from all parts of Africa, enable us to understand how African communities sustained the Allied war effort and how they were transformed in the process. Together, the chapters provide a continent-wide perspective.