Book ID: CBB528022221

Nomad's Land: Pastoralism and French Environmental Policy in the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean World (2019)

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Duffy, Andrea (Author)


University of Nebraska Press


Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 336
Language: English

During the nineteenth century, the development and codification of forest science in France were closely linked to Provence’s time-honored tradition of mobile pastoralism, which formed a major part of the economy. At the beginning of the century, pastoralism also featured prominently in the economies and social traditions of North Africa and southwestern Anatolia until French forest agents implemented ideas and practices for forest management in these areas aimed largely at regulating and marginalizing Mediterranean mobile pastoral traditions. These practices changed not only landscapes but also the social order of these three Mediterranean societies and the nature of French colonial administration. In Nomad’s Land Andrea E. Duffy investigates the relationship between Mediterranean mobile pastoralism and nineteenth-century French forestry through case studies in Provence, French colonial Algeria, and Ottoman Anatolia. By restricting the use of shared spaces, foresters helped bring the populations of Provence and Algeria under the control of the state, and French scientific forestry became a medium for state initiatives to sedentarize mobile pastoral groups in Anatolia. Locals responded through petitions, arson, violence, compromise, and adaptation. Duffy shows that French efforts to promote scientific forestry both internally and abroad were intimately tied to empire building and paralleled the solidification of Western narratives condemning the pastoral tradition, leading to sometimes tragic outcomes for both the environment and pastoralists.

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Review Catherine T Dunlop (July 2021) Review of "Nomad's Land: Pastoralism and French Environmental Policy in the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean World". Environmental History (pp. 598-600). unapi

Review Peter S. Soppelsa (2021) Review of "Nomad's Land: Pastoralism and French Environmental Policy in the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean World". American Historical Review (pp. 760-761). unapi

Review Tamara L. Whited (2020) Review of "Nomad's Land: Pastoralism and French Environmental Policy in the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean World". Journal of Interdisciplinary History (pp. 320-321). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Velmet, Aro
Ford, Caroline
Rockel, Stephen J.
Martin Robert
Greenfield, Jerome
Guba, David A., Jr.
Concepts
France, colonies
Imperialism
Colonialism
Forests and forestry
Medicine
Conservation of natural resources
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Enlightenment
18th century
17th century
Places
France
Algeria
South Africa
North Africa
Canada
Vietnam
Institutions
University of Paris V
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