'Trees, forests and communities': Some historiographical approaches to environmental history on Africa

Area

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 343-356

  Brown, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Colonial; Environment; Forestry; History

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; FORESTRY; SILVICULTURE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 0346277082     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0004-0894.2003.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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