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| Format physique additionnel : | Online version: Steinhart, Edward I. Black poachers, white hunters. Oxford : James Currey ; Nairobi : EAEP ; Athens : Ohio University, 2006 (OCoLC)607753145 |
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| Type d’ouvrage : | Publication gouvernementale, Publication gouvernementale provinciale ou d'état |
| Format : | Livre |
| Tous les auteurs / collaborateurs : |
Edward I Steinhart |
| ISBN : | 0821416634 9780821416631 0821416642 9780821416648 0852559615 9780852559611 0852559607 9780852559604 |
| Numéro OCLC : | 61253947 |
| Description : | viii, 248 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. |
| Contenu : | Introduction: Hunting in Kenya I THE AFRICAN HUNTERS - Kenya's people of the bow - Hunters & farmers in Kwale & Meru - Hunting transformations in Kitui, 1860-1939 II THE WHITE HUNTERS - Class & tradition in the making of the hunt - The settler hunters, 1903-39 III BLACK & WHITE TOGETHER - Safari hunting, 1909-39 - New Technologies, changing values GAMEKEEPERS & POACHERS - The Kenya gamekeepers & conservation, 1895-1925 - International preservationists & the national park idea, 1925-45 - National parks & the poaching crisis, 1946-63 - Conclusions & epilogue - Bibliography |
| Titre de collection : | Eastern African studies (London, England) |
| Responsabilité : | Edward I. Steinhart. |
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'Edward Steinhart's new book invites Kenya's historians to expand our understanding of colonial political life. Steinhart convincingly shows that the control over wild animals was a key area of conflict between Africans, settlers and colonial officials. Where in precolonial eastern Kenya people developed a dynamic hunting tradition, white settlers and government officials presumed that they were naturally the owners of Kenya's wildlife. White hunters disparaged Africans' courage and skill, while post-Second World War conservationists regarded African hunters as poachers, illegally intruding on sacrosanct national parks. Debates over the ownership of Kenya's wildlife, argues Steinhart, were central in the definition of 'what it has meant to be Kenyan, what it meant to be male and what it continues to mean to be "civilized". 'Where scholars have often characterized colonial Kenya's history as a struggle over land and labour, this book enables us to see how debates over the control of animals shaped colonial political life. '...this readable book deserves attention both from Kenya's political historians and from the growing company of scholars exploring the problematic origins of conservationism.' Derek R Peterson in 'African History'----------'The protracted struggle for control over African wildlife parallels the ongoing struggle over land, which has been far more thoroughly chronicled. This exciting, accessible and challenging book is a timely addition to the literature.'Kenya today is rife with talk of who 'own' wildlife and who has the right to manage and hunt it (let alone shoot poachers), within a broader context of debates over national heritage and the future of national parks. This book is essential reading for anyone who wishes to enter the fray, by first arming themselves with the historical facts.' - Lotte Hughes in 'African Affairs'---------- Lire la suite...