Whiteness in Zimbabwe : race, landscape, and the problem of belonging

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Whiteness in Zimbabwe : race, landscape, and the problem of belonging

David McDermott Hughes

Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-190) and index

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European settler societies have a long history of establishing a sense of belonging and entitlement outside Europe, but Zimbabwe has proven to be the exception to the rule. Arriving in the 1890s, white settlers never comprised more than a tiny minority. Instead of grafting themselves onto local societies, they adopted a strategy of escape.

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Preface The Art of Belonging The Zambezi Engineering and its Redemption Owning Lake Kariba The Farms Hydrology of Hope Playing the Game Belonging Awkwardly References

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