Facing Kirinyaga: A social history of forest commons in southern Mount Kenya
Author:   A. Peter Castro
Publisher:   Practical Action Publishing
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9781853392535


Pages:   168
Publication Date:   15 December 1995
Format:   Paperback
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Facing Kirinyaga: A social history of forest commons in southern Mount Kenya


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Author:   A. Peter Castro
Publisher:   Practical Action Publishing
Imprint:   Practical Action Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.290kg
ISBN:  

9781853392535


ISBN 10:   1853392537
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   15 December 1995
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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The Contested Commons; Kirinyaga: the ecological and historical setting; Indigenous forest management and agroforestry in Ndia and Gichugu; Conquest and concessions: the rise of British control, 1885 to 1915; Contested forest claims 1925 -- 1940; Colonial forest management: 1911 -- 1952; From Mau Mau to independence: southern Mount Kenya, 1952 - 1963; Southern Mount Kenya since independence: the first quarter century, 1963 to 1988; Sacred groves and social change: the decline of communal bonds; Njukiine and other woodland: the fate of small forests.

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Professor Castro is Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, USA.

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