Mexico’s liberal political revolution of 1854, the social revolution of 1910, and the Green Revolution that began in 1943 each left ecological and political footprints that influenced the subsequent one.
This article looks at “acclimatisation societies,” which first appeared in the nineteenth century
This article looks at three approaches through history of humans to birds.
This article looks at India’s colonial history and the effect that recent economic and political changes have had on the country’s relationship with wild animals.
This article explains how a renewed emphasis of the cosmopolitan aspects of conservationist park making could help to acknowledge the genuine moral commitment of activists to the future wellbeing of humankind and planet.
This paper explores the concept of “nature” from the perspective of African meanings and practices that were criminalised as poaching during and after the colonial moment.
This article assesses the impact of Jane Carruthers’ seminal book The Kruger National Park.
This article looks at how scientific theories—in particular those of South African statesman Jan Smuts—sought to reorient the position of Africa in a global, historic hierarchy.
This article looks at how environmental life histories have been used for particular purposes.
In this short article, Rob Nixon reflects on a visit to South Africa and the relationship of the various kinds of inequality present in societies.
