Christopher Conz

Environment, Knowledge, and Injustice in Lesotho

The Poverty of Progress

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Shows that a fraught historical process was at work in which Basotho drew on local and global sources of knowledge and how this small nation surrounded by South Africa can serve as a valuable case-study for wider conversations about 'progress' and 'modernization' in the Global South.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9781847013309
• ISBN-10: 1847013309
• Artikelnr.: 70023073

Autorenporträt

Christopher R. Conz

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Selected Sesotho Terms Used Introduction 1. Making a Place in the Mountains 2. Animals
Pests
and the Politics of Veterinary Knowledge 3. Forestry in an Imperial Watershed 4. Soil
Progress
and Preserving the Status Quo 5. Agriculture
Knowledge
and Paths of Progress 6. Nutrition in the Era of Decolonization Conclusion Bibliography