Meredith McKittrick, Green Lands for White Men: Desert Dystopias and the Environmental Origins of the Apartheid Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2024. Pp. 328. ISBN 978-0-226-83469-6. 32. 50 (paper).

Key Points

• Examine the interplay between environmental issues and the establishment of apartheid in South Africa.
• Literary analysis of historical texts
• Examination of geographical and environmental policies
• Interrogation of colonial land use practices
• Identifies key environmental factors that facilitated apartheid
• Reveals how colonialism shaped racial segregation through land use
• Highlights the long-term impact of environmental decisions on society