Wilderness, wasteland or home? three ways of imagining the lower Omo valley

Journal of Eastern African Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 158-176

  Turton, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ethiopia; Landscape; Place; State building

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951974562     PISSN: 17531055     EISSN: 17531063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17531055.2011.544546     Document Type: Article

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