Decolonizing Nature: Strategies for Conservation in a Post-Colonial Era

by William M. Adams and Martin Mulligan

Book Overview

British imperialism was almost unparalleled in its historical and geographical reach, leaving a legacy of entrenched social transformation in nations and cultures in every part of the globe. Colonial annexation and government were based on an all-encompassing system that integrated and controlled political, economic, social and ethnic relations, and required a similar annexation and control of natural resources and nature itself. Colonial ideologies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853837490
• ISBN13: 9781853837494
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"