The Invention of Green Colonialism

Author:   Guillaume Blanc ,  Helen Morrison
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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Pages:   180
Publication Date:   24 June 2022
Format:   Paperback
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The story begins with a dream – the dream of Africa.  Virgin forests, majestic mountains surrounded by savannas, vast plains punctuated with the rhythms of animal life where lions, elephants and giraffes reign as lords of nature, far from civilization – all of us carry such images in our heads, imagining Africa as a timeless Eden untouched by the ravages of modernity.  But this Africa has never existed. The more we destroy nature here, the more we fantasize about it in Africa. Along with UNESCO, the WWF and other organizations, we convince ourselves that the African national parks are protecting the last vestiges of a world once untouched and wild. In reality, argues Guillaume Blanc, these organizations are responsible for naturalizing large tracts of the African continent, turning territories into parks and forcibly evicting thousands of people from the lands where they have lived for centuries. Making use of archives and oral histories, Blanc investigates this battle for a phantom Africa and the contradictory claims of nations who destroy nature at home while believing that they are protecting the natural world abroad. In so doing, they enact a new type of colonialism: green colonialism.

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Author:   Guillaume Blanc ,  Helen Morrison
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Polity Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9781509550890


ISBN 10:   1509550895
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   24 June 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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'Blanc has created a masterpiece in contrasts that has much to teach us about nature conservation, sustainable development , power and equity on a global scale. This book deserves a spot on the shelves of every major library, a large number of policymakers' desks and the bedside tables of many ordinary folks interested in Africa, nature conservation, social justice or the sustainable development of our planet.' Diana K. Davis, author of The Arid Lands: History, Power, Knowledge 'Guillaume Blanc, with passion as well as thorough research, pushes his readers to think anew about the relationship between humans and animals in Africa. This book is both a valuable contribution to environmental history and an argument that needs to be taken seriously about the misconceptions that often shape international interventions in that continent.' Frederick Cooper, author of Africa since 1940: The Past of the Present


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Guillaume Blanc is a Lecturer in Contemporary History at Rennes 2 University. He is a junior member of the Institut universitaire de France.

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