Games Against Nature
An Eco-Cultural History of the Nunu of Equatorial Africa
Paperback
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ISBN-13:
9780521655354
Veröffentl:
2008
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
15.04.2008
Seiten:
300
Autor:
Robert Harms
Gewicht:
490 g
Format:
229x152x18 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Robert Harms explores nature and culture in the story of the Nunu.
Robert Harms explores nature and culture in the story of the Nunu, who live in and around the swampy floodplains of the Zaire River. Increasing population impinged upon the limits of available resources in the late eighteenth century, eventually resulting in civil war in the 1960s.
1. Introduction; 2. The antecedents; 3. The tactics; 4; The strategies; 5. The Drylands; 6. The river; 7. The core; 8. The region; 9. The traders; 10. The troubles; 11. The opportunities; 12. The battle; 13. Conclusion: nature and culture.