{"product_id":"wielding-the-ax-thaddeus-sunseri-9780821418642","title":"Wielding the Ax: State Forestry and Social Conflict in Tanzania, 1820-2000","description":"\u003cp\u003eForests have been at the fault lines of contact between African peasant communities in the Tanzanian coastal hinterland and outsiders for almost two centuries. In recent decades, a global call for biodiversity preservation has been the main challenge to Tanzanians and their forests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThaddeus Sunseri uses the lens of forest history to explore some of the most profound transformations in Tanzania from the nineteenth century to the present. He explores anticolonial rebellions, the world wars, the depression, the Cold War, oil shocks, and nationalism through their intersections with and impacts on Tanzania's coastal forests and woodlands. In \u003ci\u003eWielding the Ax\u003c\/i\u003e, forest history becomes a microcosm of the origins, nature, and demise of colonial rule in East Africa and of the first fitful decades of independence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWielding the Ax\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of changing constellations of power over forests, beginning with African chiefs and forest spirits, both known as \"ax-wielders,\" and ending with international conservation experts who wield scientific knowledge as a means to controlling forest access. The modern international concern over tropical deforestation cannot be understood without an awareness of the long-term history of these forest struggles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thaddeus Sunseri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821418645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821418642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/10\/2009 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2010","brand":"Thaddeus Sunseri","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453412585727,"sku":"9780821418642","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a8125bd3-8ce8-4d82-881b-0c541cb912a2.jpg?v=1777300080","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wielding-the-ax-thaddeus-sunseri-9780821418642","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}