Plunder for Profit: A Socio-Environmental History of Tobacco Farming in Southern Rhodesia and Zimbabwe

ISBN-13: 9781009098397 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

South Africa) Doro Elijah (University of Stellenbosch

Opis

Examines the history of tobacco farming in Zimbabwe to illuminate debates on landscapes, people and political economy.

Recenzje

'Elijah Doro shows us how important historians can be in understanding the slow violence of the Anthropocene. However, he also shows how ordinary men and women survived this new world. This book brings old historiographies into new conversations and is one of the best examples yet of combining political economy and environmental history.' Sandra Swart, Stellenbosch University

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Global perspectives and local narratives: a socio-environmental history of pioneer tobacco farming in Southern Rhodesia, 1893–1945; 2. The post-war tobacco boom and the development of conservationism in Southern Rhodesia, 1947–1960; 3. A silenced spring? Exploring Africa's 'Rachel Carson moment': A socio-environmental history of the pesticides in tobacco production in Southern Rhodesia, 1945–1980; 4. Beyond agency: The African peasantry, the state and tobacco in Southern Rhodesia, 1900–1980; 5. 'The threat of soil erosion is far more permanent than the threat of sanctions': The unilateral declaration of independence, war, and ecological change in tobacco farming landscapes in Southern Rhodesia, 1960–1980; 6. Tobacco control discourses and the tobacco industry in Southern Rhodesia and Zimbabwe, 1953–2020; Conclusion.