Dogs, poison and the meaning of colonial intervention in the Transkei, South Africa

Journal of African History

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 451-472

  Tropp, Jacob ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonial; Hunting; South Africa

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036998461     PISSN: 00218537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021853702008186     Document Type: Article

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