Michael Bollig

Broschiertes Buch

Shaping the African Savannah

Beschreibung

A history of 150 years of social-ecological transformations in one of southern Africa's most sought after exotic tourism destinations, often dubbed as 'Arid Eden'. It demonstrates the impacts of colonialism, capitalism and creative local adaptations of environmental infrastructures in the region.

Autor

Michael Bollig is Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Cologne where his key interests lie in the environmental anthropology of sub-Saharan Africa. His current research projects focus on the social-ecological dynamics connected to large-scale conservation projects, the commodification of nature and the political ecology of pastoralism. He is the author of Risk Management in a Hazardous Environment (2006), co-author of African Landscapes (2009) with O. Bubenzer, Pastoralism in Africa (2013) with M. Schnegg and H.P. Wotzka, and Resilience and Collapse in African Savannahs (2017) with D. Anderson.

Produktdetails

• African Studies
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 426
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 150mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 618g
• ISBN-13: 9781108726399
• ISBN-10: 1108726399
• Artikelnr.: 63558332