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This page intentionally left blank Environment, Power, and Injustice A South African History Thisbookpresentsthesocio-environmentalhistoryofblackpeopleinthearea nearKuruman,ontheedgeoftheKalahariinSouthAfrica.Consideringsucces- siveperiods–Tswanaagropastoralchiefdomsbeforecolonialcontact,theCape frontier,Britishcolonialrule,Apartheid,andthehomelandofBophuthatswana in the 1980s – Environment, Power, and Injustice shows how the human re- lationshipwiththeenvironmentcorrespondedtodifferencesofclass,gender, andrace.Whileexploringbiological,geological,andclimatologicalforcesin history,thisbookarguesthatthechallengesofexistenceinasemidesertarose morefromhumaninjusticethanfromdeficienciesinthenaturalenvironment. In fact, powerful people drew strength from and exercised their power over othersthroughtheenvironment.Atthesametime,thenaturalworldprovided marginalpeopleswithsomerelieffromhumaninjustice. NancyJ.JacobsisAssistantProfessorintheDepartmentofAfricanaStudies andtheDepartmentofHistoryatBrownUniversity,Providence,RhodeIsland, USA.SheisarecipientoftheAliceHamiltonarticleprizefromtheAmerican SocietyforEnvironmentalHistory. STUDIESINENVIRONMENTANDHISTORY Editors DonaldWorster,UniversityofKansas J.R.McNeill,GeorgetownUniversity Otherbooksintheseries DONALDWORSTER Nature’sEconomy:AHistoryofEcologicalIdeas KENNETHF.KIPLE TheCaribbeanSlave:ABiologicalHistory ALFREDW.CROSBY EcologicalImperialism:TheBiologicalExpansion ofEurope,900–1900 ARTHURF.MCEVOY TheFisherman’sProblem:EcologyandLawinthe CaliforniaFisheries,1850–1980 ROBERTHARMS GamesAgainstNature:AnEco-CulturalHistoryofthe NunuofEquatorialAfrica WARRENDEAN BrazilandtheStruggleforRubber:AStudyin EnvironmentalHistory SAMUELP.HAYS Beauty,Health,andPermanence:EnvironmentalPolitics intheUnitedStates,1955–1985 DONALDWORSTER TheEndsoftheEarth:PerspectivesonModern EnvironmentalHistory MICHAELWILLIAMS AmericansandTheirForests:AHistorical Geography TIMOTHYSILVER ANewFaceontheCountryside:Indians,Colonists,and SlavesintheSouthAtlanticForests,1500–1800 THEODORESTEINBERG NatureIncorporated:Industrializationand theWatersofNewEngland J.R.MCNEILL TheMountainsoftheMediterraneanWorld: AnEnvironmentalHistory ELINORG.K.MELVILLE APlagueofSheep:EnvironmentalConsequences oftheConquestofMexico RICHARDH.GROVE GreenImperialism:ColonialExpansion,TropicalIsland EdensandtheOriginsofEnvironmentalism,1600–1860 MARKELVINANDTSUI’JUNGLIU SedimentsofTime:Environment andSocietyinChineseHistory ROBERTB.MARKS Tigers,Rice,Silk,andSilt:EnvironmentandEconomy inLateImperialSouthChina THOMASDUNLAP NatureandtheEnglishDiaspora ANDREWC.ISENBERG TheDestructionoftheBison:AnEnvironmental History,1750–1920 EDMUNDRUSSELL WarandNature:FightingHumansandInsectswithChemicals fromWorldWarItoSilentSpring JUDITHSHAPIRO Mao’sWaragainstNature:PoliticsandtheEnvironment inRevolutionaryChina ADAMROME TheBulldozerintheCountryside:SuburbanSprawlandtheRise ofAmericanEnvironmentalism Environment, Power, and Injustice A South African History NANCY J. JACOBS BrownUniversity    Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge  , United Kingdom Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.caambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521811910 © Nancy J. Jacobs 2003 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2003 -  isbn-13 978-0-511-07299-4 eBook (EBL) -  isbn-10 0-511-07299-6 eBook (EBL) -  isbn-13 978-0-521-81191-0 hardback -  isbn-10 0-521-81191-0 hardback isbn--13 978-0-521-01070-2 paperback -  isbn-10 0-521-01070-5 paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of s for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this book, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Tomyfather,FredJacobs, andthememoryofmymother,IreneJacobs

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This book presents the socio-environmental history of black people around Kuruman, on the edge of the Kalahari in South Africa. Considering successive periods--Tswana agropastoral chiefdoms before colonial contact, the Cape frontier, British colonial rule, Apartheid, and the homeland of Bophuthatswa
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This page intentionally left blank Environment, Power, and Injustice A South African History Thisbookpresentsthesocio-environmentalhistoryofblackpeopleinthearea nearKuruman,ontheedgeoftheKalahariinSouthAfrica.Consideringsucces- siveperiods–Tswanaagropastoralchiefdomsbeforecolonialcontact,theCape frontier,Britishcolonialrule,Apartheid,andthehomelandofBophuthatswana in the 1980s – Environment, Power, and Injustice shows how the human re- lationshipwiththeenvironmentcorrespondedtodifferencesofclass,gender, andrace.Whileexploringbiological,geological,andclimatologicalforcesin history,thisbookarguesthatthechallengesofexistenceinasemidesertarose morefromhumaninjusticethanfromdeficienciesinthenaturalenvironment. In fact, powerful people drew strength from and exercised their power over othersthroughtheenvironment.Atthesametime,thenaturalworldprovided marginalpeopleswithsomerelieffromhumaninjustice. NancyJ.JacobsisAssistantProfessorintheDepartmentofAfricanaStudies andtheDepartmentofHistoryatBrownUniversity,Providence,RhodeIsland, USA.SheisarecipientoftheAliceHamiltonarticleprizefromtheAmerican SocietyforEnvironmentalHistory. STUDIESINENVIRONMENTANDHISTORY Editors DonaldWorster,UniversityofKansas J.R.McNeill,GeorgetownUniversity Otherbooksintheseries DONALDWORSTER Nature’sEconomy:AHistoryofEcologicalIdeas KENNETHF.KIPLE TheCaribbeanSlave:ABiologicalHistory ALFREDW.CROSBY EcologicalImperialism:TheBiologicalExpansion ofEurope,900–1900 ARTHURF.MCEVOY TheFisherman’sProblem:EcologyandLawinthe CaliforniaFisheries,1850–1980 ROBERTHARMS GamesAgainstNature:AnEco-CulturalHistoryofthe NunuofEquatorialAfrica WARRENDEAN BrazilandtheStruggleforRubber:AStudyin EnvironmentalHistory SAMUELP.HAYS Beauty,Health,andPermanence:EnvironmentalPolitics intheUnitedStates,1955–1985 DONALDWORSTER TheEndsoftheEarth:PerspectivesonModern EnvironmentalHistory MICHAELWILLIAMS AmericansandTheirForests:AHistorical Geography TIMOTHYSILVER ANewFaceontheCountryside:Indians,Colonists,and SlavesintheSouthAtlanticForests,1500–1800 THEODORESTEINBERG NatureIncorporated:Industrializationand theWatersofNewEngland J.R.MCNEILL TheMountainsoftheMediterraneanWorld: AnEnvironmentalHistory ELINORG.K.MELVILLE APlagueofSheep:EnvironmentalConsequences oftheConquestofMexico RICHARDH.GROVE GreenImperialism:ColonialExpansion,TropicalIsland EdensandtheOriginsofEnvironmentalism,1600–1860 MARKELVINANDTSUI’JUNGLIU SedimentsofTime:Environment andSocietyinChineseHistory ROBERTB.MARKS Tigers,Rice,Silk,andSilt:EnvironmentandEconomy inLateImperialSouthChina THOMASDUNLAP NatureandtheEnglishDiaspora ANDREWC.ISENBERG TheDestructionoftheBison:AnEnvironmental History,1750–1920 EDMUNDRUSSELL WarandNature:FightingHumansandInsectswithChemicals fromWorldWarItoSilentSpring JUDITHSHAPIRO Mao’sWaragainstNature:PoliticsandtheEnvironment inRevolutionaryChina ADAMROME TheBulldozerintheCountryside:SuburbanSprawlandtheRise ofAmericanEnvironmentalism Environment, Power, and Injustice A South African History NANCY J. JACOBS BrownUniversity    Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge  , United Kingdom Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.caambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521811910 © Nancy J. Jacobs 2003 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2003 -  isbn-13 978-0-511-07299-4 eBook (EBL) -  isbn-10 0-511-07299-6 eBook (EBL) -  isbn-13 978-0-521-81191-0 hardback -  isbn-10 0-521-81191-0 hardback isbn--13 978-0-521-01070-2 paperback -  isbn-10 0-521-01070-5 paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of s for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this book, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Tomyfather,FredJacobs, andthememoryofmymother,IreneJacobs

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This book presents the socio-environmental history of black people around Kuruman, on the edge of the Kalahari in South Africa. Considering successive periods--Tswana agropastoral chiefdoms before colonial contact, the Cape frontier, British colonial rule, Apartheid, and the homeland of Bophuthatswa
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