William Beinart: Environment and Empire

Cover: 9780199562510 | Environment and Empire | William Beinart (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | 2009

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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

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2009
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780199562510
ISBN-10:	0199562512
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Beinart, William Hughes, Lotte
Hersteller:	OUP Oxford
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	234 x 156 x 23 mm
Von/Mit:	William Beinart (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	02.04.2009
Gewicht:	0,62 kg