
Book contents
- Environmental Infrastructure in African History
- Series page
- Environmental Infrastructure in African History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Ends of Nature and Culture
- 2 Architects of Nature
- 3 Dark Earths
- 4 Water and Woodland Harvesting
- 5 Browsing and Burning Regimes
- 6 Valuing Environmental Infrastructure and the Myth of Natural Resource Management
- 7 Science and the Failure to Conquer Nature
- Conclusion
- Index
7 - Science and the Failure to Conquer Nature
Environing and the Modern West
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2013
- Environmental Infrastructure in African History
- Series page
- Environmental Infrastructure in African History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Ends of Nature and Culture
- 2 Architects of Nature
- 3 Dark Earths
- 4 Water and Woodland Harvesting
- 5 Browsing and Burning Regimes
- 6 Valuing Environmental Infrastructure and the Myth of Natural Resource Management
- 7 Science and the Failure to Conquer Nature
- Conclusion
- Index
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- Environmental Infrastructure in African HistoryExamining the Myth of Natural Resource Management in Namibia, pp. 197 - 220Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013