Plunder for Profit A Socio-Environmental History of Tobacco Farming in Southern Rhodesia and Zimbabwe
Book contents
- Plunder for Profit
- African Studies Series
- Plunder for Profit
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Note on Currency, Units and Weight
- Introduction
- 1 Global Perspectives and Local Narratives
- 2 The Post-War Tobacco Boom and the Development of Conservationism in Southern Rhodesia, 1947–1960
- 3 A Silenced Spring? Exploring Africa’s ‘Rachel Carson Moment’
- 4 Beyond Agency
- 5 ‘The Threat of Soil Erosion Is Far More Permanent Than the Threat of Sanctions’
- 6 Tobacco-Control Discourses and the Tobacco Industry in Southern Rhodesia and Zimbabwe, 1953–2020
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- African Studies Series
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2023
Book contents
- Plunder for Profit
- African Studies Series
- Plunder for Profit
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Note on Currency, Units and Weight
- Introduction
- 1 Global Perspectives and Local Narratives
- 2 The Post-War Tobacco Boom and the Development of Conservationism in Southern Rhodesia, 1947–1960
- 3 A Silenced Spring? Exploring Africa’s ‘Rachel Carson Moment’
- 4 Beyond Agency
- 5 ‘The Threat of Soil Erosion Is Far More Permanent Than the Threat of Sanctions’
- 6 Tobacco-Control Discourses and the Tobacco Industry in Southern Rhodesia and Zimbabwe, 1953–2020
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- African Studies Series
Summary
The critical importance of tobacco to the Zimbabwean economy is reflected by the profoundly flattering epithets deployed over the years to describe the crop: ‘leaf of gold’, ‘most promising weed’, ‘crucible’, ‘lifeblood’, ‘golden lining’. Tobacco is situated at the nerve centre of the body politic, central to the country’s political economy. Zimbabwe is the largest producer of tobacco in Africa, and the fifth largest producer of flue-cured tobacco in the world after China, Brazil, India and the United States.
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- Plunder for ProfitA Socio-Environmental History of Tobacco Farming in Southern Rhodesia and Zimbabwe, pp. 1 - 33Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023