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Hughes, David McDermott.

From enslavement to environmentalism : politics on a Southern African frontier / David McDermott Hughes. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2006. - xvii, 285 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Culture, place, and nature .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-271) and index.

Introduction : power on African frontiers -- Colonization, failed and successful -- Compulsory labor and unclaimed land in Gogoi, Mozambique, 1862-1992 -- From clientship to land-grabbing in Vhimba, Zimbabwe, 1893-1990 -- The border -- Refugees, squatters, and the politics of land allocation in Vhimba -- Community forestry as land-grabbing in Vhimba -- Expatriate loggers and mapmakers in Gogoi -- Native questions -- Open native reserves or none? -- In conclusion, three liberal projects reassessed.

ISBN: 0295985909 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2005027615

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Land use--History.--Zimbabwe--Vhimba
Land tenure--History.--Zimbabwe--Vhimba
Land use--History.--Mozambique--Gog�oi
Land tenure--History.--Mozambique--Gog�oi

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Vhimba (Zimbabwe)--Colonization.
Gog�oi (Mozambique)--Colonization.

LC Class. No.: HD992.Z8 / V484 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 333.3/096891