Custodians of the Land: Ecology and Culture in the History of Tanzania

by Gregory Maddox

Farming and pastoral societies inhabit ever-changing environments. This relationship between environment and rural culture, politics and economy in Tanzania is the subject of this volume which will be valuable in reopening debates on Tanzanian history.

In his conclusion, Isaria N. Kimambo, a founding father of Tanzanian history, reflects on the efforts of successive historians to strike a balance between external causes of change and local...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821411349
• ISBN13: 9780821411346
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.5"