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This is an important, substantial, and innovative study of the intellectual and environmental history of the Mpiemu people. It has the potential to be a landmark study, one that will be widely cited in the future by African historians and likely by environmental, cultural, and developmental scholars as well. - Phyllis Martin, Ruth N. Halls Professor of History, Indiana University Cutting the Vines of the Past makes a substantial contribution to African environmental history, conservation history, and the history of environmental interventions in Africa. Giles-Vernick's scholarship is outstanding, the documentation of her sources is meticulous, and her command of the relevant literature is impressive. - Roderick Neumann, Florida International University, author of Imposing Wilderness: Struggles over Livelihood and Nature Preservation in Africa

This is an important, substantial, and innovative study of the intellectual and environmental history of the Mpiemu people. It has the potential to be a landmark study, one that will be widely cited in the future by African historians and likely by environmental, cultural, and developmental scholars as well. - Phyllis Martin, Ruth N. Halls Professor of History, Indiana University """"Cutting the Vines of the Past makes a substantial contribution to African environmental history, conservation history, and the history of environmental interventions in Africa. Giles-Vernick's scholarship is outstanding, the documentation of her sources is meticulous, and her command of the relevant literature is impressive."""" - Roderick Neumann, Florida International University, author of Imposing Wilderness: Struggles over Livelihood and Nature Preservation in Africa

This is an important, substantial, and innovative study of the intellectual and environmental history of the Mpiemu people. It has the potential to be a landmark study, one that will be widely cited in the future by African historians and likely by environmental, cultural, and developmental scholars as well. - Phyllis Martin, Ruth N. Halls Professor of History, Indiana University Cutting the Vines of the Past makes a substantial contribution to African environmental history, conservation history, and the history of environmental interventions in Africa. Giles-Vernick's scholarship is outstanding, the documentation of her sources is meticulous, and her command of the relevant literature is impressive. - Roderick Neumann, Florida International University, author of Imposing Wilderness: Struggles over Livelihood and Nature Preservation in Africa

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Tamara Giles-Vernick is Assistant Professor of History at the City University of New York, Baruch College, and the author of prizewinning articles on ethnohistory and environmental history.

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