Environment and Empire

Zusatztext This is an impressive book both for its sweep across continents and themes, and equally so for its lucid and flowing prose. The authors have woven together a complex tapestry of the currents that linked ecological change to the fortunes of the British Empire. It also brings the story up to the present and will be indispensable for historians, ecologists, and lay persons alike. Klappentext Environment and Empire uncovers the fascinating interaction between people and the elements in very different British colonies throughout the world. Providing a rich overview of socio-environmental change! driven by imperial forces! this fascinating new study examines a key global historical process of the last 500 years. Zusammenfassung Environment and Empire uncovers the fascinating interaction between people and the elements in very different British colonies throughout the world. Providing a rich overview of socio-environmental change, driven by imperial forces, this fascinating new study examines a key global historical process of the last 500 years. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Environmental Aspects of the Atlantic Slave Trade and CaribbeanPlantations 3: The Fur Trade in Canada 4: Hunting, Wildlife, and Imperialism in Southern Africa 5: Imperial Travellers 6: Sheep, Pastures, and Demography in Australia 7: Forests and Forestry in India 8: Water, Irrigation, and Agrarian Society in India and Egypt 9: Colonial Cities: Environment, Space, and Race 10: Plague and Urban Environments 11: Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis in East and Central Africa 12: Imperial Scientists, Ecology, and Conservation 13: Empire and the Visual Representation of Nature 14: Rubber and the Environment in Malaysia 15: Oil Extraction in the Middle East: the Kuwait Experience 16: Resistance to Colonial Conservation and Resource Management 17: National Parks and the Growth of Tourism 18: The Post-Imperial Urban Environment 19: Reassertion of Indigenous Environmental Rights and Knowledge ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: William Beinart, William/ Hughes Beinart, Beinart William, Lotte Hughes, Hughes Lotte
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.06.2009
• EAN: 9780199562510
• ISBN: 978-0-19-956251-0
• Seiten: 416
• Serien: Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series; Oxford History of the British; Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Geografie; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599