Black Poachers, White Hunters
A Social History of Hunting in Colonial Kenya
Seiten
2005
James Currey (Verlag)
978-0-85255-960-4 (ISBN)
James Currey (Verlag)
978-0-85255-960-4 (ISBN)
A study of hunting and poaching during the colonial era in Kenya.
In 1977 the Kenyan government banned all hunting, whether by sportsmen or Kenyan Africans, in response to the poaching crisis that was then spreading across the African continent. This brought an end to the era of the 'Great WhiteHunters' in this 'sportsman's paradise'.
This book traces the history of hunting during Kenya's colonial era from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Three main themes emerge: first, is the importance of hunting to Kenyan farmers and herders; second is the attempt during European colonization of Kenya to recreate in Africa the practices and values of nineteenth-century European aristocratic hunts, which reinforced an image of African inferiority and subordination; third, is the role of the conservationists, who claimed sovereignty over nature and wildlife, completing the transformation of African hunters into criminal poachers.
North America: Ohio U Press; Kenya: EAEP
In 1977 the Kenyan government banned all hunting, whether by sportsmen or Kenyan Africans, in response to the poaching crisis that was then spreading across the African continent. This brought an end to the era of the 'Great WhiteHunters' in this 'sportsman's paradise'.
This book traces the history of hunting during Kenya's colonial era from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Three main themes emerge: first, is the importance of hunting to Kenyan farmers and herders; second is the attempt during European colonization of Kenya to recreate in Africa the practices and values of nineteenth-century European aristocratic hunts, which reinforced an image of African inferiority and subordination; third, is the role of the conservationists, who claimed sovereignty over nature and wildlife, completing the transformation of African hunters into criminal poachers.
North America: Ohio U Press; Kenya: EAEP
Associate Professor of History at Texas Tech University
Introduction: Hunting in Kenya I THE AFRICAN HUNTERS - Kenya's people of the bow - Hunters & farmers in Kwale & Meru - Hunting transformations in Kitui, 1860-1939 II THE WHITE HUNTERS - Class & tradition in the making of the hunt - The settler hunters, 1903-39 III BLACK & WHITE TOGETHER - Safari hunting, 1909-39 - New Technologies, changing values GAMEKEEPERS & POACHERS - The Kenya gamekeepers & conservation, 1895-1925 - International preservationists & the national park idea, 1925-45 - National parks & the poaching crisis, 1946-63 - Conclusions & epilogue - Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.10.2005 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Eastern African Studies |
| Zusatzinfo | 4 b/w, 1 line illus. |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Angeln / Jagd |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-85255-960-7 / 0852559607 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-85255-960-4 / 9780852559604 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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