Hydrology of hope: Farm dams, conservation, and whiteness in Zimbabwe

American Ethnologist

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 269-287

  Hughes, David McDermott ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Colonialism; Identity; Land; Postcolonialism; Race; Settler society

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746785939     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2006.33.2.269     Document Type: Article

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