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

Kjekshus, Helge, 1933-

London [u.a.] : Heinemann, 1977

VIII, 215 S : Ill., Kt ; 8°

Englisch

Bibliography: p. 190-209 - Includes indexes

£7.50.

0-435-94526-2 ( (cased)); 0-435-94527-0 ( (paper))

77368366

0435945262, 0435945262, GB7714098

OCoLC: 3085076     

OCoLC: 03085076 (aus SWB)     

RS 59915      Ähnliche Literatur

Basisklassifikation: 15.92 (Afrika südlich der Sahara) <Geschichte> ; 15.09 (Wirtschaftsgeschichte)

*Tansania ; Ökologie      Zum Register

*Tansania ; Wirtschaft ; Geschichte 1850-1950      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Tanzania -- Economic conditions ; Ecology -- Tanzania ; Tanganyika -- Economic conditions ; Ecology -- Tanganyika

Klappentext der Ausgabe von 1995: 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 that has developed on the subject; there is also an updated bibliography. 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 that had been underestimated; for instance, it points to the critical importance of the rinderpest outbreak. 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.