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AN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF SOUTHERN MALAWI - B...

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
plantation economy and history of the tea estates in the Thyolo and Mulanje districts  the
Chilembwe rebellion of 1915  and the complex tensions between colonial interests in conserving
natural resources and the concerns of the Africans of the Shire Highlands in maintaining their
livelihoods. A landmark work  Morris¿s study constitutes a major contribution to the
environmental history of Southern Africa. It will appeal not only to scholars  but to students
in anthropology  economics  history and the environmental sciences  as well as to anyone
interested in learning more about the history of Malawi  and ecological issues relating to
southern Africa.

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