Decolonizing nature
Subtitle: strategies for conservation in a post-colonial era
By: edited by William M. Adams and Martin Mulligan
Contributors: Adams, W. M. 1955-; Mulligan, Martin
Publisher: Earthscan Publications; Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London; Sterling, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Nature conservation -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- Philosophy; Nature conservation -- Australia -- Philosophy; Colonization -- Environmental aspects -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- History; Colonization -- Environmental aspects -- Australia -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Nature and the colonial mind / William M. Adams; title: Decolonizing relationships with nature / Val Plumwood; title: The 'wild', the market and the native: indigenous people face new forms of global colonization / Marcia Langton; title: Sharing South African National Parks: community land and conservation in a democratic South Africa / Hector Magome and James Murombedzi; title: Devolving the expropriation of nature: the "devolution' of wildlife management in southern Africa / James Murombedzi; title: Decolonizing Highland conservation / Mark Toogood; title: Responding to place in a post-colonial era: an Australian perspective / John Cameron; title: The changing face of nature conservation: reflections on the Australian experience / Penelope Figgis; title: When nature won't stay still: conservation, equilibrium and control / William M. Adams; title: Beyond preservation: the challenge of ecological restoration / Adrian Colston; title: Feet to the ground in storied landscapes: disrupting the colonial legacy with a poetic politics / Martin Mulligan