St Helena - An Island Biography

Traces the impact of world events on St Helena's topography, ecology and human population, from the early 1500s to the present day.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Genesis: The island and its setting; The loss of Eden
2. The Breach: Europe and St Helena collide
3. Population and environment: early impacts
4. Population and environment: asserting control
5. 'The citadel of the South Atlantic'
6. Scientists in transit: St Helena as a centre for scientific investigation
7. Napoleon at St Helena
8. Later detainees, 1800s and 1900s
9. A place in the modern world
Appendix: Governors of St Helena
Bibliography
Index

About the author

DR ARTHUR MACGREGOR, LVO is an Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Professor at the Victoria and Albert Museum Research Institute, UK.

Summary

Traces the impact of world events on St Helena's topography, ecology and human population, from the early 1500s to the present day.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Macgregor
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.03.2024
• EAN: 9781837650880
• ISBN: 978-1-83765-088-0
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous