Environment and History (Pocket)
avWilliam Beinart, Peter A. Coates, William Beinart
ISBN: 9780415114684 - UTGIVEN: 1995-05The influence of human economies and cultures on ecosystems is particularly striking in the new worlds into which Europeans have expanded over the past five hundred years. Using a comparative and multidisciplinary approach, Beinart and Coates examine this neglected aspect of the history of settler i[...]
African Local Knowledge & Livestock Health (Inbunden)
avWilliam Beinart, Karen Brown, William Beinart
ISBN: 9781847010834 - UTGIVEN: 2013-11Understanding local knowledge has become a central academic project among those interested in Africa and developing countries. In South Africa, land reform is gathering pace and African people hold an increasing proportion of the livestock in the country. Animal health has become a central issue for[...]
Twentieth-century South Africa (Pocket)
avWilliam Beinart
ISBN: 9780192893185 - UTGIVEN: 2001-10-04This text examines the forces - both destructive and dynamic - which have shaped 20th-century South Africa. The book draws on the rich and lively tradition of radical history writing on the country and weaves economic and cultural history into the political narrative.[...]
The Rise of Conservation in South Africa (Pocket)
avWilliam Beinart
ISBN: 9780199541225 - UTGIVEN: 2008-08The Rise of Conservation in South Africa is an innovative contribution to the growing comparative field of environmental history. Beinart's major theme is the history of conservationist ideas in South Africa. He focuses largely on the livestock farming districts of the semi-arid Karoo and the neighb[...]
Segregation and Apartheid in 20th Century South Africa (Häftad)
avWilliam Beinart
ISBN: 9780415103572 - UTGIVEN: 1995-04As South Africa moves towards majority rule, and blacks begin to exercise direct political power, apartheid becomes a thing of the past - but its legacy in South African history will be indelible. this book is designed to introduce students to a range of interpretations of one of South Africa's cent[...]
