Plunder for Profit 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
6 - Tobacco-Control Discourses and the Tobacco Industry in Southern Rhodesia and Zimbabwe, 1953–2020
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2023
- 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
This Chapter examines the tobacco industry in Southern Rhodesia and Zimbabwe within the context of global tobacco control regime, public health debates and the changing production factors between 1953 and 2000s. It discusses the role of the state and the tobacco lobby in entrenching the interests of the tobacco industry against the global pressures to reduce tobacco demand and supply and how this has shaped the country’s articulation of tobacco control measures and policies. The chapter further explores transitions in tobacco farming landscapes in post-land reform Zimbabwe and the implications for livelihoods, natural resources, social institutions and agrarian development.
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- Plunder for ProfitA Socio-Environmental History of Tobacco Farming in Southern Rhodesia and Zimbabwe, pp. 225 - 263Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023