THE NATURE OF POWER: CAPE ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY, THE HISTORY OF IDEAS AND NEOLIBERAL HISTORIOGRAPHY The Rise of Conservation in South Africa: Settlers, Livestock and the Environment, 1770–1950 . By W<scp>ILLIAM</scp> B<scp>EINART</scp>. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. xxiii+402. £65 (ISBN 0-19-926151-2). Social History and African Environments . Edited by W<scp>ILLIAM</scp> B<scp>EINART</scp> and J<scp>O</scp>A<scp>NN</scp> M<scp>C</scp>G<scp>REGOR</scp>. Oxford: James Currey; Athens: Ohio University Press; Cape Town: David Philip, 2003. Pp. xii+275. £45 (ISBN 0-85255-951-8); £18.95, paperback (ISBN 0-85255-950-X). Environment, Power and Injustice: A South African History . By N<scp>ANCY</scp> J. J<scp>ACOBS</scp>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Pp. xxi+300. £45; $65 (ISBN 0-521-81191-0); £16.95; $24, paperback (ISBN 0-521-01070-5).
For a region purportedly a backwater of South African environmental history at the close of the twentieth century,1 the Cape has moved rapidly toward centre stage at the start of the new millennium. It now boasts a wealth of literature in international journals and last year saw the publication of t...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0021853704009454 2024-03-03T08:47:10+00:00 THE NATURE OF POWER: CAPE ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY, THE HISTORY OF IDEAS AND NEOLIBERAL HISTORIOGRAPHY The Rise of Conservation in South Africa: Settlers, Livestock and the Environment, 1770–1950 . By W<scp>ILLIAM</scp> B<scp>EINART</scp>. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. xxiii+402. £65 (ISBN 0-19-926151-2). Social History and African Environments . Edited by W<scp>ILLIAM</scp> B<scp>EINART</scp> and J<scp>O</scp>A<scp>NN</scp> M<scp>C</scp>G<scp>REGOR</scp>. Oxford: James Currey; Athens: Ohio University Press; Cape Town: David Philip, 2003. Pp. xii+275. £45 (ISBN 0-85255-951-8); £18.95, paperback (ISBN 0-85255-950-X). Environment, Power and Injustice: A South African History . By N<scp>ANCY</scp> J. J<scp>ACOBS</scp>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Pp. xxi+300. £45; $65 (ISBN 0-521-81191-0); £16.95; $24, paperback (ISBN 0-521-01070-5). VAN SITTERT, LANCE 2004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021853704009454 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0021853704009454 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms The Journal of African History volume 45, issue 2, page 305-313 ISSN 0021-8537 1469-5138 History journal-article 2004 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021853704009454 2024-02-08T08:44:04Z For a region purportedly a backwater of South African environmental history at the close of the twentieth century,1 the Cape has moved rapidly toward centre stage at the start of the new millennium. It now boasts a wealth of literature in international journals and last year saw the publication of the first book-length environmental histories of the region, with the promise of still more to come, not least from a strong crop of recently or nearly completed doctoral dissertations in academies round the north Atlantic rim.2 The Cape owes this distinction to being the oldest region of British missionary and imperial endeavour in the subcontinent, guaranteeing extensive archives in the northern hemisphere and explaining both the bias in the current scholarship towards the pre-1910 period and lack of a comparable scholarship on any other part of southern Africa.3 This anomalous florescence can also be read for likely future trends in a national historiography otherwise unanimously deemed moribund if not actually in decline for the past decade.4 What it reveals are two contending trajectories: the first a shift away from political economy to the history of ideas and the other a fidelity to the late twentieth-century radical social history tradition and its core theme of the social relations of production. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Cambridge University Press Endeavour ENVELOPE(162.000,162.000,-76.550,-76.550) The Journal of African History 45 2 305 313 |
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For a region purportedly a backwater of South African environmental history at the close of the twentieth century,1 the Cape has moved rapidly toward centre stage at the start of the new millennium. It now boasts a wealth of literature in international journals and last year saw the publication of the first book-length environmental histories of the region, with the promise of still more to come, not least from a strong crop of recently or nearly completed doctoral dissertations in academies round the north Atlantic rim.2 The Cape owes this distinction to being the oldest region of British missionary and imperial endeavour in the subcontinent, guaranteeing extensive archives in the northern hemisphere and explaining both the bias in the current scholarship towards the pre-1910 period and lack of a comparable scholarship on any other part of southern Africa.3 This anomalous florescence can also be read for likely future trends in a national historiography otherwise unanimously deemed moribund if not actually in decline for the past decade.4 What it reveals are two contending trajectories: the first a shift away from political economy to the history of ideas and the other a fidelity to the late twentieth-century radical social history tradition and its core theme of the social relations of production. |
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THE NATURE OF POWER: CAPE ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY, THE HISTORY OF IDEAS AND NEOLIBERAL HISTORIOGRAPHY The Rise of Conservation in South Africa: Settlers, Livestock and the Environment, 1770–1950 . By W<scp>ILLIAM</scp> B<scp>EINART</scp>. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. xxiii+402. £65 (ISBN 0-19-926151-2). Social History and African Environments . Edited by W<scp>ILLIAM</scp> B<scp>EINART</scp> and J<scp>O</scp>A<scp>NN</scp> M<scp>C</scp>G<scp>REGOR</scp>. Oxford: James Currey; Athens: Ohio University Press; Cape Town: David Philip, 2003. Pp. xii+275. £45 (ISBN 0-85255-951-8); £18.95, paperback (ISBN 0-85255-950-X). Environment, Power and Injustice: A South African History . By N<scp>ANCY</scp> J. J<scp>ACOBS</scp>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Pp. xxi+300. £45; $65 (ISBN 0-521-81191-0); £16.95; $24, paperback (ISBN 0-521-01070-5). |
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THE NATURE OF POWER: CAPE ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY, THE HISTORY OF IDEAS AND NEOLIBERAL HISTORIOGRAPHY The Rise of Conservation in South Africa: Settlers, Livestock and the Environment, 1770–1950 . By W<scp>ILLIAM</scp> B<scp>EINART</scp>. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. xxiii+402. £65 (ISBN 0-19-926151-2). Social History and African Environments . Edited by W<scp>ILLIAM</scp> B<scp>EINART</scp> and J<scp>O</scp>A<scp>NN</scp> M<scp>C</scp>G<scp>REGOR</scp>. Oxford: James Currey; Athens: Ohio University Press; Cape Town: David Philip, 2003. Pp. xii+275. £45 (ISBN 0-85255-951-8); £18.95, paperback (ISBN 0-85255-950-X). Environment, Power and Injustice: A South African History . By N<scp>ANCY</scp> J. J<scp>ACOBS</scp>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Pp. xxi+300. £45; $65 (ISBN 0-521-81191-0); £16.95; $24, paperback (ISBN 0-521-01070-5). |
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THE NATURE OF POWER: CAPE ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY, THE HISTORY OF IDEAS AND NEOLIBERAL HISTORIOGRAPHY The Rise of Conservation in South Africa: Settlers, Livestock and the Environment, 1770–1950 . By W<scp>ILLIAM</scp> B<scp>EINART</scp>. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. xxiii+402. £65 (ISBN 0-19-926151-2). Social History and African Environments . Edited by W<scp>ILLIAM</scp> B<scp>EINART</scp> and J<scp>O</scp>A<scp>NN</scp> M<scp>C</scp>G<scp>REGOR</scp>. Oxford: James Currey; Athens: Ohio University Press; Cape Town: David Philip, 2003. Pp. xii+275. £45 (ISBN 0-85255-951-8); £18.95, paperback (ISBN 0-85255-950-X). Environment, Power and Injustice: A South African History . By N<scp>ANCY</scp> J. J<scp>ACOBS</scp>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Pp. xxi+300. £45; $65 (ISBN 0-521-81191-0); £16.95; $24, paperback (ISBN 0-521-01070-5). |
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THE NATURE OF POWER: CAPE ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY, THE HISTORY OF IDEAS AND NEOLIBERAL HISTORIOGRAPHY The Rise of Conservation in South Africa: Settlers, Livestock and the Environment, 1770–1950 . By W<scp>ILLIAM</scp> B<scp>EINART</scp>. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. xxiii+402. £65 (ISBN 0-19-926151-2). Social History and African Environments . Edited by W<scp>ILLIAM</scp> B<scp>EINART</scp> and J<scp>O</scp>A<scp>NN</scp> M<scp>C</scp>G<scp>REGOR</scp>. Oxford: James Currey; Athens: Ohio University Press; Cape Town: David Philip, 2003. Pp. xii+275. £45 (ISBN 0-85255-951-8); £18.95, paperback (ISBN 0-85255-950-X). Environment, Power and Injustice: A South African History . By N<scp>ANCY</scp> J. J<scp>ACOBS</scp>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Pp. xxi+300. £45; $65 (ISBN 0-521-81191-0); £16.95; $24, paperback (ISBN 0-521-01070-5). |
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THE NATURE OF POWER: CAPE ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY, THE HISTORY OF IDEAS AND NEOLIBERAL HISTORIOGRAPHY The Rise of Conservation in South Africa: Settlers, Livestock and the Environment, 1770–1950 . By W<scp>ILLIAM</scp> B<scp>EINART</scp>. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. xxiii+402. £65 (ISBN 0-19-926151-2). Social History and African Environments . Edited by W<scp>ILLIAM</scp> B<scp>EINART</scp> and J<scp>O</scp>A<scp>NN</scp> M<scp>C</scp>G<scp>REGOR</scp>. Oxford: James Currey; Athens: Ohio University Press; Cape Town: David Philip, 2003. Pp. xii+275. £45 (ISBN 0-85255-951-8); £18.95, paperback (ISBN 0-85255-950-X). Environment, Power and Injustice: A South African History . By N<scp>ANCY</scp> J. J<scp>ACOBS</scp>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Pp. xxi+300. £45; $65 (ISBN 0-521-81191-0); £16.95; $24, paperback (ISBN 0-521-01070-5). |
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nature of power: cape environmental history, the history of ideas and neoliberal historiography the rise of conservation in south africa: settlers, livestock and the environment, 1770–1950 . by w<scp>illiam</scp> b<scp>einart</scp>. oxford: oxford university press, 2003. pp. xxiii+402. £65 (isbn 0-19-926151-2). social history and african environments . edited by w<scp>illiam</scp> b<scp>einart</scp> and j<scp>o</scp>a<scp>nn</scp> m<scp>c</scp>g<scp>regor</scp>. oxford: james currey; athens: ohio university press; cape town: david philip, 2003. pp. xii+275. £45 (isbn 0-85255-951-8); £18.95, paperback (isbn 0-85255-950-x). environment, power and injustice: a south african history . by n<scp>ancy</scp> j. j<scp>acobs</scp>. cambridge: cambridge university press, 2003. pp. xxi+300. £45; $65 (isbn 0-521-81191-0); £16.95; $24, paperback (isbn 0-521-01070-5). |
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