Environment and empire

Environment and empire / William Beinart and Lotte Hughes.

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...

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Main Authors: Beinart, William (Author), Hughes, Lotte (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:Oxford history of the British Empire companion series.
Subjects:
Human ecology > Great Britain.
Natural resources > Great Britain.
Plant ecology > Great Britain.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
British colonies
Ecology
Human ecology
Natural resources
Plant ecology
Great Britain > Colonies > Environmental conditions.
Great Britain
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Environmental Aspects of the Atlantic Slave Trade and Caribbean Plantations
  • 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
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y
  • Z
  • Last Page.

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