William Beinart's complex and wonderfully informative book has its origins in the author's long-standing interest in the ideas that 'underpinned environmental regulation in Africa districts' of the Cape Colony and, to a lesser extent , the other territorial components of the Union of South Africa after 1910.

• Preface and Acknowledgements ; Lists of Figures, Illustrations, Tables, and Maps ; Introduction: Livestock Farming and Environmental Regulation at the Cape ; 1. Scientific Travellers, Colonists, and Africans: Chains of Knowledge and the Cape Vernacular, 1770-1850 ; 2. Defining the Problems: Colonial Science and the Origins of Conservation at the Cape 1770-1860 ; 3. Fire, Vegetation Change, and Pastures 1860-1880 ; 4. Vets, Viruses, and Environmentalism in the 1870s and 1880s ; 5. Water, Irrigation, and the State 1880-1930 ; 6. The Night of the Jackal: Sheep, Pastures, and Predators 1890-1930 ; 7. Drought, Conservation, and Nationalism: the Career of H. S. du Toit 1900-1940 ; 8. Prickly Pear in the Cape: Useful Plants and Invaders in the Livestock Economy 1890-1950 ; 9. 'The Farmer as a Conservationalist': Sidney Rubidge at Wellwood, Graaff-Reinet 1913-1952 ; 10. Debating Conservation in the African Areas of the Cape 1920-1950 ; 11. Postscript: Debating Degradation over the Long Term: Animals, Veld, and Conservation ; Bibliographical Note ; Select Bibliography of Secondary Sources ; Index

William Beinart's complex and wonderfully informative book has its origins in the author's long-standing interest in the ideas that 'underpinned environmental regulation in Africa districts' of the Cape Colony and, to a lesser extent , the other territorial components of the Union of South Africa after 1910.

• Preface and Acknowledgements ; Lists of Figures, Illustrations, Tables, and Maps ; Introduction: Livestock Farming and Environmental Regulation at the Cape ; 1. Scientific Travellers, Colonists, and Africans: Chains of Knowledge and the Cape Vernacular, 1770-1850 ; 2. Defining the Problems: Colonial Science and the Origins of Conservation at the Cape 1770-1860 ; 3. Fire, Vegetation Change, and Pastures 1860-1880 ; 4. Vets, Viruses, and Environmentalism in the 1870s and 1880s ; 5. Water, Irrigation, and the State 1880-1930 ; 6. The Night of the Jackal: Sheep, Pastures, and Predators 1890-1930 ; 7. Drought, Conservation, and Nationalism: the Career of H. S. du Toit 1900-1940 ; 8. Prickly Pear in the Cape: Useful Plants and Invaders in the Livestock Economy 1890-1950 ; 9. 'The Farmer as a Conservationalist': Sidney Rubidge at Wellwood, Graaff-Reinet 1913-1952 ; 10. Debating Conservation in the African Areas of the Cape 1920-1950 ; 11. Postscript: Debating Degradation over the Long Term: Animals, Veld, and Conservation ; Bibliographical Note ; Select Bibliography of Secondary Sources ; Index

William Beinart's complex and wonderfully informative book has its origins in the author's long-standing interest in the ideas that 'underpinned environmental regulation in Africa districts' of the Cape Colony and, to a lesser extent , the other territorial components of the Union of South Africa after 1910.

• Preface and Acknowledgements ; Lists of Figures, Illustrations, Tables, and Maps ; Introduction: Livestock Farming and Environmental Regulation at the Cape ; 1. Scientific Travellers, Colonists, and Africans: Chains of Knowledge and the Cape Vernacular, 1770-1850 ; 2. Defining the Problems: Colonial Science and the Origins of Conservation at the Cape 1770-1860 ; 3. Fire, Vegetation Change, and Pastures 1860-1880 ; 4. Vets, Viruses, and Environmentalism in the 1870s and 1880s ; 5. Water, Irrigation, and the State 1880-1930 ; 6. The Night of the Jackal: Sheep, Pastures, and Predators 1890-1930 ; 7. Drought, Conservation, and Nationalism: the Career of H. S. du Toit 1900-1940 ; 8. Prickly Pear in the Cape: Useful Plants and Invaders in the Livestock Economy 1890-1950 ; 9. 'The Farmer as a Conservationalist': Sidney Rubidge at Wellwood, Graaff-Reinet 1913-1952 ; 10. Debating Conservation in the African Areas of the Cape 1920-1950 ; 11. Postscript: Debating Degradation over the Long Term: Animals, Veld, and Conservation ; Bibliographical Note ; Select Bibliography of Secondary Sources ; Index