Author: United States. Department of the InteriorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public lands
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Decisions of the United States Department of the Interior
Author: United States. Department of the InteriorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public lands
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Decisions of the Department of the Interior
Author: United States. Department of the InteriorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
Rhodes and Rhodesia
Author: Arthur Keppel-JonesPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 077356103X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 693
Book Description
The British South Africa Company and the irregularity of its financial and political operations are dealt with in detail. Keppel-Jones also discusses the development in the midst of the indigenous population of an alien white society and state, from their crude beginnings to their emergence in a form still recognizable today. The reader is led to conclude that by 1902 Southern Rhodesia was already set on the road that would lead to the upheavals of the second half of the twentieth-century. The author examines the racial consciousness and prejudice of the white society and addresses an important question: why did the imperial government grant a royal charter to the BSA Company? The facts show conclusively that the imperial government had little interest in Central Africa or care for its fate except when foreign competition appeared. Keppel-Jones also reveals the important role played by black troops employed by the Company in suppressing the rebellions of 1896-7. For opposite reasons, neither blacks nor whites have been willing to recognize this; on the other hand the habit of the 'men-on-the-spot' of making and carrying out decisions without regard to their superiors in London is a commonplace of imperial history. One of the main themes of the book is the tension between the unofficial imperialists, straining at the leash, and the Colonial Office, struggling to hold them back. Rhodes and Rhodesia is based on extensive use of public records, mainly in the Public Record Office, London, and the National Archives of Zimbabwe, of collections of private papers, and of contemporary published works.
The empire of nature
Author: John M. MacKenziePublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526119587
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
This study assesses the significance of the hunting cult as a major element of the imperial experience in Africa and Asia. Through a study of the game laws and the beginnings of conservation in the 19th and early-20th centuries, the author demonstrates the racial inequalities which existed between Europeans and indigenous hunters. Africans were denied access to game, and the development of game reserves and national parks accelerated this process. Indigenous hunters in Africa and India were turned into "poachers" and only Europeans were permitted to hunt. In India, the hunting of animals became the chief recreation of military officers and civilian officials, a source of display and symbolic dominance of the environment. Imperial hunting fed the natural history craze of the day, and many hunters collected trophies and specimens for private and public collections as well as contributing to hunting literature. Adopting a radical approach to issues of conservation, this book links the hunting cult in Africa and India to the development of conservation, and consolidates widely-scattered material on the importance of hunting to the economics and nutrition of African societies.
Bulletin
Author: Cincinnati (Ohio), Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Annual List of Books Added to the Public Library of Cincinnati
Author: Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton CountyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The Roots of Rural Poverty in Central and Southern Africa
Author: Robin H. PalmerPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520033184
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature
Author: Bulletin
Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Quarterly accession lists; beginning with Apr. 1893, the bulletin is limited to "subject lists, special bibliographies, and reprints or facsimiles of original documents, prints and manuscripts in the Library," the accessions being recorded in a separate classified list, Jan.-Apr. 1893, a weekly bulletin Apr. 1893-Apr. 1894, as well as a classified list of later accessions in the last number published of the bulletin itself (Jan. 1896)
Selected Papers, Volume 1
Author: Subrahmanyan ChandrasekharPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226100890
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
This is the first of six volumes collecting significant papers of the distinguished astrophysicist and Nobel laureate S. Chandrasekhar. His work is notable for its breadth as well as for its brilliance; his practice has been to change his focus from time to time to pursue new areas of research. The result has been a prolific career full of discoveries and insights, some of which are only now being fully appreciated. Chandrasekhar has selected papers that trace the development of his ideas and that present aspects of his work not fully covered in the books he has periodically published to summarize his research in each area. Volume 1, Stellar Structure and Stellar Atmospheres, covers primarily the period 1930-40 and includes early papers on the theory of white dwarfs. In the Preface, Chandrasekhar explains the criteria for selection and provides historical background. Each subsequent volume will include a foreword by an authority on the topics covered.