| Book Review | Environmental History, 9.3

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South Africa's Environmental History: Cases & Comparisons. Edited by Stephen Dovers, Ruth Edgecombe, and Bill Guest. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2003. ix + 326 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, list of contributors, index. Paper $24.95.

During the apartheid years, many of the best historians of South Africa focused their research on resistance politics, racial consciousness, and class formation. South African historiography has become more diverse since the advent of democracy in 1994. Increasing numbers of established scholars, as well as quite a few junior scholars, have been turning their attention to the history of science, technology, and the environment. This volume demonstrates a number of things about the state of environmental history in South Africa. The first is that evidence abounds. The eleven case studies presented here are all well-supported by evidence drawn from a wealth of sources, including historical archives, biological surveys, and oral interviews. Readers also will notice that a wide variety of environmental issues are investigated here, from range and coastline management to urban development and afforestation. It is plain that there are abundant sources and problems for environmental historians to address in South Africa.

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