Wilmsen, Edwin N.

Land Filled with Flies: A Political Economy of the Kalahari

Verlag: Univ of Chicago Pr
Erscheinungsdatum: 1989-09
Bindung: Taschenbuch
Seitenzahl: 420
ISBN: 0226900150
EAN: 9780226900155
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Beschreibung von buecher.de

When rains descend on southern Africa, especially on those parts where cattle are kept, flies regenerate in numbers intolerable to Western sensibilities. Photographs of these winged invaders of eyes and nostrils, of milk pails and teacups, found in dozens of coffee-table books and television documentaries, faithfully depict this reality of rural African life. In stark contrast, the modern pesticides, drainage projects, and absentee ownership that keep cattle at a respectable rural distance have reduced the fly population or urban centers to insignificance. But the wealth and comfort of the capital metropole and its town satellites have been bought at the price of rural poverty and degradation. The process is centuries old.

Rezensionen von Amazon.de-Kunden

Very thorough, but expects a lot

I read this book in order to research the Basarwa (Bushmen), their history and their current situation. This book deals in great detail with the Basarwa people, their history and their current situation - in too great detail. Obviously, the author was involved in development projects in Botswana and has close contact to several natives. He often gets carried away with individual histories, stories or tales of Bushmen, but fails to relate it to the greater picture. Also, many placenames and ethnicities are referenced in a way that is incomprehensible to the non-specialized reader (the book does not include a map of the region!). If you are informed about the situation and need lots of data (statistics!) and individual stories, then this book is right. If you're not very informed, you can find easier alternatives, for example "Third World in the First" pretty much summarizes the content of this book in its first 50 pages.