Ecology control & economic development in East African history: the case of Tanganyika 1850-1950

540 Pages·1996·2.05 MB·English

by  Helge Kjekshus

Ecology Control & Economic Development
in East African History : The Case of
title:
Tanganyika 1850-1950 Eastern African
Studies (London, England)
author: Kjekshus, Helge.
publisher: Ohio University Press
isbn10 | asin: 0821411322
print isbn13: 9780821411322
ebook isbn13: 9780585077017
language: English
Tanzania--Economic conditions--To 1964,
subject Ecology--Tanzania--History, Ecology--
Africa, East--History.
publication date: 1996
lcc: HC885.K58 1996eb
ddc: 338.9678
Tanzania--Economic conditions--To 1964,
subject: Ecology--Tanzania--History, Ecology--
Africa, East--History.
Page i
Eastern African Studies
Revealing Prophets
Prophecy in Eastern African History
EDITED BY DAVID M. ANDERSON & DOUGLAS H. JOHNSON
Religion & Politics in East Africa
The Period since Independence
EDITED BY HOLGER BERNT HANSEN & MICHAEL TWADDLE
Swahili Origins
Swahili Culture & the Shungwaya Phenomenon
JAMES DE VERE ALLEN
A History of Modern Ethiopia
18551974
BAHRU ZEWDE
Ethnicity & Conflict in the Horn of Africa
EDITED BY KATSUYOSHI FUKUI & JOHN MARKAKIS
Control & Crisis in Colonial Kenya
The Dialectic of Domination
BRUCE BERMAN
Unhappy Valley
Book One: State & Class
Book Two: Violence & Ethnicity
BRUCE BERMAN & JOHN LONSDALE
The Mau Mau War in Perspective
FRANK FUREDI
Squatters & the Roots of Mau Mau, 190563
TABITHA KANOGO
Penetration & Protest in Tanzania
The Impact of the World Economy on the Pare 18601960
ISARIA N. KIMAMBO
Custodians of the Land
Ecology & Culture in the History of Tanzania
EDITED BY GREGORY MADDOX,
JAMES L. GIBLIN & ISARIA N. KIMAMBO
The Second Economy in Tanzania
T.L. MALIYAMKONO & M.S.D. BAGACHWA
Siaya
The Historical Anthropology of an African Landscape
DAVID WILLIAM COHEN & E. S. ATIENO ODHIAMBO
Uganda Now
Changing Uganda
Developing Uganda*
EDITED BY HOLGER BERNT HANSEN & MICHAEL TWADDLE
Decolonization & Independence in Kenya 194088
EDITED BY B. A. OGOT & WILLIAM OCHIENG'
Slaves, Spices & Ivory in Zanzibar
Integration of an East African Commercial Empire into the World
Economy
ABDUL SHERIFF
Zanzibar Under Colonial Rule
EDITED BY ABDUL SHERIFF & ED FERGUSON
The History & Conservation of Zanzibar Stone Town
EDITED BY ABDUL SHERIFF
Being Maasai
Ethnicity & Identity in East Africa
EDITED BY THOMAS SPEAR & RICHARD WALLER
Economic & Social Origins of Mau Mau 194553
DAVID THROUP
Kakungulu & the Creation of Uganda 18681928
MICHAEL TWADDLE
Ecology Control & Economic Development in East African History
The Case of Tanganyika 18501950
HELGE KJEKSHUS
Education in the Development of Tanzania 19191990
LENE BUCHERT
*forthcoming
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Ecology Control & Economic Development in
East African History
The Case of Tanganyika 18501950
Second impression
with new Introduction &
additional Bibliography
Helge Kjekshus
Formerly Senior Lecturer in Political Science
University of Dar es Salaam
James Currey
LONDON
Mkuki na Nyota
DAR ES SALAAM
EAEP
NAIROBI
Fountain Publishers
KAMPALA
Ohio University Press
ATHENS
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© Helge Kjekshus 1977 & 1996
First published by Heinemann Educational Books
Second impression with new introduction 1996
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Kjekshus, Helge.
Ecology Control and Economic Development in East African History:
Case of
Tanganyika, 18501950. - 2Rev.ed. -
(Eastern African Studies)
I. Title II. Series
338.9678
ISBN 0-85255-728-0 (James Currey Paper)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kjekshus, Helge.
Ecology control and economic development in East African history/
Helge Kjekshus. 2nd ed.
p. cm.
Originally published: London: Heinemann, 1977.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8214-1132-2 (pbk.)
1. TanzaniaEconomic conditionsTo 1964. 2. EcologyTanzania-
-History. 3. EcologyAfrica, EastHistory. I. Title.
HC885.K58 1995
338.9678dc20 95-16144
CIP
Typeset in 10/12 pt Baskerville
Printed and bound in Great Britain by Villiers Publications, London
N3.
Page vii
Contents
List of Maps viii
List of Figures viii
List of Tables viii
Acknowledgements to 1996 Impression ix
Introduction to 1996 Impression xi
Introduction to 1977 Impression 1
1. A Demographic Review 9
2. Agricultural Systems and Settlement Patterns 26
3. The Nineteenth-Century Cattle Complex 51
4. Wildlife and Ecological Control 69
5. The Industrial Supports 80
6. Markets and Trading Networks 111
7. Break-Down of the Man-Controlled Ecological 126
System:the Causes
8. The Ecological Collapse: Results and Remedies 161
Conclusion 180
Appendix: Early Colonial Wars 186
Bibliography to 1977 Impression 190
Additional Bibliography 19771995 209
Author Index 217
General Index 220