Highland sanctuary: Environmental history in Tanzania\u27s Usambara Mountains

Conte (history, Utah State U., Logan) describes the environmental history of the Usambara Moutains, a remarkable range near Tanzania's Indian Ocean coastline. He examines the natural and human history of the mountains, how humanity has changed the forests into garden and pasture, the colonials' efforts to mine the mountains in the names of science and agricultural development, and the more recent efforts of the independent post-colonial nation to preserve the flora and fauna of the mountains while sustaining the people around them