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Title: State forestry and spatial scale in the development discourses of post-colonial Tanzania: 1961-1971.
Author: Andrew Hurst
Publication: The Geographical Journal (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 2003
Publisher: Royal Geographical Society
Volume: 169 Issue: 4 Page: 358(12)Distributed by Thompson Gale
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The Geographical Journal, Vol. 169, No. 4, December 2003, pp. 358-369
Introduction As one of the best known examples of a socialist experiment in Africa, the history of Tanzania has been well studied and debated (Binen 1970; Cliffe and Saul 1972-73; Coulson 1982; Havnevik 1993; Hyden 1980; Pratt 1976; Shivji 1990; Von Freyhold 1979). Reasons for the successes and failures of Julius Nyerere's rule continue to interest anyone concerned with progressive political change. With a few notable exceptions, what has received less attention in post-colonial Tanzanian history is a historical perspective of its land management policies and practices at the state level. Those that have taken a historical perspective on land use issues tended to focus either on...
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