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Title

Ecology control & economic development in East African history : the case of Tanganyika 1850-1950 / Helge Kjekshus.

Author

Kjekshus, Helge.

Publication

London : James Curry ; Athens : Ohio University Press, c1996.

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Description

xxxi, 222 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.

Summary

"This pioneering book was one of the first to place the history of East Africa within the context of the environment. It has been used continuously for student teaching. It is now reissued with an introduction placing it within the debate which has developed on the subject; there is also an updated bibliography."--BOOK JACKET. "The book puts people at the centre of events. It thus serves as a modification to nationalist history with its emphasis on leaders. It presents environmental factors which had been underestimated; for instance, it points to the critical importance of the rinderpest outbreak."--BOOK JACKET. "Helge Kjekshus provides evidence to suggest that the nineteenth century was a period of relative prosperity with well developed trade. He questions the view that warfare was pervasive and that the slave trade led to depopulation. He points to a balance between man and the environment."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Eastern African studies

Uniform Title

Eastern African studies (London, England)

Subject

• Ecology > Tanzania > History
• Ecology > Africa, East > History
• Tanzania > Economic conditions > To 1964

Genre/Form

• History
• History.

Note

• Originally published: London : Heinemann, 1977.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-215) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

0821411322 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^95016144^

OCLC

32781135

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library