{"product_id":"the-invention-of-green-colonialism-hardback-9781509550883","title":"The Invention of Green Colonialism (Hardback) 9781509550883","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Invention of Green Colonialism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGuillaume Blanc (Author), Helen Morrison (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509550883, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 June 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e180 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.544 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Blanc has created a masterpiece in contrasts that has much to teach us about nature conservation, “sustainable development”, power and equity on a global scale. This book deserves a spot on the shelves of every major library, a large number of policymakers’ desks and the bedside tables of many ordinary folks interested in Africa, nature conservation, social justice or the sustainable development of our planet.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiana K. Davis, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Arid Lands: History, Power, Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Guillaume Blanc, with passion as well as thorough research, pushes his readers to think anew about the relationship between humans and animals in Africa. This book is both a valuable contribution to environmental history and an argument that needs to be taken seriously about the misconceptions that often shape international interventions in that continent.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrederick Cooper, author of \u003ci\u003eAfrica since 1940:  The Past of the Present\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Blistering”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Absorbing”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Daily Maverick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“[A] book that will challenge much of what the reader understands about conservation.”\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eSally Hayden\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e, The Irish Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The book challenges some otherwise comfortably held opinions, and is, at times, a harrowing and often controversial read. Recommended.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMorning Star\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“a searing critique of wildlife conservation in Africa”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Inquisitive Biologist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Scathing.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeign Affairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story begins with a dream – the dream of Africa.  Virgin forests, majestic mountains surrounded by savannas, vast plains punctuated with the rhythms of animal life where lions, elephants and giraffes reign as lords of nature, far from civilization – all of us carry such images in our heads, imagining Africa as a timeless Eden untouched by the ravages of modernity. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut this Africa has never existed. The more we destroy nature here, the more we fantasize about it in Africa. Along with UNESCO, the WWF and other organizations, we convince ourselves that the African national parks are protecting the last vestiges of a world once untouched and wild. In reality, argues Guillaume Blanc, these organizations are responsible for naturalizing large tracts of the African continent, turning territories into parks and forcibly evicting thousands of people from the lands where they have lived for centuries. Making use of archives and oral histories, Blanc investigates this battle for a phantom Africa and the contradictory claims of nations who destroy nature at home while believing that they are protecting the natural world abroad. In so doing, they enact a new type of colonialism: green colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e History as a Starting Point: Preface to the English Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Deconstructing our Beliefs, (Re)-thinking Nature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Turning Africa into Parkland (1850-1960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: A Special Project for Africa (1960-1965)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: The Expert and the Emperor (1965-1970)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Violence Below the Surface of Nature (1970-1978)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: The Sustainable Development Trap (1978-1996)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: The Fiction of the Community Approach (1996-2009)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8: The Roots of Injustice (2009-2019)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Looking Ahead: Afterword\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441811255576,"sku":"9781509550883","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509550883.jpg?v=1785026629","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-invention-of-green-colonialism-hardback-9781509550883","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}