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An Environmental History of Southern Malawi: Land and People of the Shire Highlands
Brian Morris
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Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History. Num Pages: 343 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMM; HBTQ; JHMC; RGC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 606.
This book is a pioneering and comprehensive study of the environmental history of Southern Malawi. With over fifty years of experience, anthropologist and social ecologist Brian Morris draws on a wide range of data - literary, ethnographic and archival - in this interdisciplinary volume. Specifically focussing on the complex and dialectical relationship between the people of Southern Malawi, both Africans and Europeans, and the Shire Highlands landscape, this study spans the nineteenth century until the end of the colonial period. It includes detailed accounts of the early history of the peoples of Northern Zambezia; the development of the ... Read more
This book is a pioneering and comprehensive study of the environmental history of Southern Malawi. With over fifty years of experience, anthropologist and social ecologist Brian Morris draws on a wide range of data - literary, ethnographic and archival - in this interdisciplinary volume. Specifically focussing on the complex and dialectical relationship between the people of Southern Malawi, both Africans and Europeans, and the Shire Highlands landscape, this study spans the nineteenth century until the end of the colonial period. It includes detailed accounts of the early history of the peoples of Northern Zambezia; the development of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History
Number of Pages
343
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319452579
SKU
V9783319452579
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About Brian Morris
Brian Morris is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. He is the author of numerous articles and books on a wide range of subjects, including ethnobiology, religion and symbolism, hunter-gatherer societies, anarchism, political ecology and concepts of the individual.
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