Environment, Knowledge, and Injustice in Lesotho
The Poverty of Progress
1st Edition
Published on 16. July 2024
256 pages
978-1-80543-362-0 (ISBN)
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Shows that a fraught historical process was at work in which Basotho drew on local and global sources of knowledge and how this small nation surrounded by South Africa can serve as a valuable case-study for wider conversations about 'progress' and 'modernization' in the Global South.
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Conz Christopher:
CHRISTOPHER R. CONZ is a Visiting Assistant Professor of History at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA and a Research Fellow in the Department of History at the University of the Free State in South Africa.
CHRISTOPHER R. CONZ is a Visiting Assistant Professor of History at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA and a Research Fellow in the Department of History at the University of the Free State in South Africa.
Content
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Selected Sesotho Terms Used
Introduction
1. Making a Place in the Mountains
2. Animals, Pests, and the Politics of Veterinary Knowledge
3. Forestry in an Imperial Watershed
4. Soil, Progress, and Preserving the Status Quo
5. Agriculture, Knowledge, and Paths of Progress
6. Nutrition in the Era of Decolonization
Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Selected Sesotho Terms Used
Introduction
1. Making a Place in the Mountains
2. Animals, Pests, and the Politics of Veterinary Knowledge
3. Forestry in an Imperial Watershed
4. Soil, Progress, and Preserving the Status Quo
5. Agriculture, Knowledge, and Paths of Progress
6. Nutrition in the Era of Decolonization
Conclusion
Bibliography
