Nature and the colonial mind

Decolonizing Nature: Strategies for Conservation in a Post-colonial Era

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 16-50

  Adams, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781849770927-8     Document Type: Chapter

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