Crossing the Zambezi : the politics of landscape on a Central African frontier /: the politics of landscape on a Central African frontier. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: JoAnn McGregor.
• Other Names: McGregor, JoAnn
• Contents: Introduction: the politics of landscape on the Zambezi -- Crossing the Zambezi: landscape & precolonial power -- Mapping the Zambezi: imperial knowledge & the Zambezi frontier -- Violence & law in the borderlands: early colonial authority & extraction -- Bridging the Zambezi at Victoria Falls: science & early colonial expansion -- Damming the Zambezi at Kariba: late colonial developmentalism -- Reclaiming the borderlands: ethnicity, nationalism & war -- Unsettled claims: the Tonga & the politics of recognition -- Surviving in the borderlands: the unfinished business of Lake Kariba -- Unravelling the politics of landscape: a conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge, UK Rochester, NY Harare, Zimbabwe : James Currey Weaver Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 237 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 967.9; HISTORY; Grenze; Zambezi River -- History; Zambezi River Valley -- History; Zambèze (Fleuve) -- Histoire; Zambèze, Vallée du -- Histoire; Zambezi River; Zambezi River Valley; Sambesi; Simbabwe; Sambia; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781846157110; 1846157110
• Related ISBNs: 9781847014023; 184701402X; 9781779220776; 1779220774
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-228) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.