Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. List of Illustrations VII
4. Acknowledgments X
5. Abbreviations XI
6. Introduction. Protecting Nature in Africa and Asia 1
7. CHAPTER 1 Laissez-Faire Conservation 23
8. CHAPTER 2 Setting up a Wildlife Department 51
9. CHAPTER 3 Imperial Forests and Nature Reserves in Singapore, 1883–1959 69
10. CHAPTER 4 Rambouillet, Agricultural Stations and French Colonial Africa 91
11. CHAPTER 5 Missing Conservation? 113
12. CHAPTER 6 Between Empire and Development 140
13. CHAPTER 7 The Adamsons, Born Free and the Late Colonial Era 159
14. CHAPTER 8 Conservation in the Days of Independence 179
15. CHAPTER 9 Tracking Wildebeests 201
16. CHAPTER 10 Conserving Nature in Mozambique 223
17. CHAPTER 11 Catfights and Crocodile Tears 243
18. CHAPTER 12 Representing Space to Structure Time 265
19. CONCLUSION Studying Nature, Networks and Power 283
20. Index 293