Beschreibung:
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.
1. Introduction.- 2. The Natural History of the Shire Highlands.- 3. The People of the Shire Highlands.- 4. Harry Johnston and the Yao Chiefdoms.- 5. The Plantation Economy.- 6. The Chilembwe Rebellion.- 7. A History of the Tea Estates.- 8. Conservation Mania in Colonial Malawi.- 9. The Post-War Years.- 10. Conclusion.