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The nature of German imperialism

Gissibl, Bernhard

2016

Overview

Today, the East African state of Tanzania is renowned for wildlife preserves such as the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and the Selous Game Reserve. Yet few know that most of these initiatives emerged from decades of German colonial rule. This book gives the first full account of Tanzanian wildlife conservation up until World War I, focusing upon elephant hunting and the ivory trade as vital factors in a shift from exploitation to preservation that increasingly excluded indigenous Africans. Analyzing the formative interactions between colonial governance and the natural world,The Nature of German Imperialism situates East African wildlife policies within the global emergence of conservationist sensibilities around 1900.

• Publisher: Berghahn Books,Berghahn Books, Incorporated
• Subject: 19th century / 20th century / African Studies / Biological Sciences / Germany / History / Nature / Political aspects / Tanzania / Wildlife conservation / Wildlife conservation -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History -- 19th century / Wildlife conservation -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th century / Wildlife conservation -- Tanzania -- History -- 19th century / Wildlife conservation -- Tanzania -- History -- 20th century / Wildlife management / Wildlife management -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History -- 19th century / Wildlife management -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th century / Wildlife management -- Tanzania -- History -- 19th century / Wildlife management -- Tanzania -- History -- 20th century
• ISBN: 1785331760, 9781785331763, 9781785331756, 1785331752, 9781789204926, 1789204925