Modernizing nature : forestry and imperial eco-development, 1800-1950.

Professor Rajan explores the origins, institutionalization, and politics of the sciences and systems of knowledge underlying colonial frameworks of environmental management. He disagrees with those historiographical and social scientific approaches that look upon science and scientific institutions...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rajan, S. Ravi
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Clarendon Oxford, 2006.
Temas:
1800-1999
Forest management > History > 19th century.
Forest management > History > 20th century.
Forêts > Gestion > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Forêts > Gestion > Histoire > 20e siècle.
British colonies
Forest management
Great Britain > Colonies > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > History > 20th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire > 20e siècle.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Figures and Tables; 1. Introduction; 2. A Contract with Nature; 3. The Empire of Nature; 4. The Empire Strikes Back; 5. The Imperial Environmentalist; 6. The Contested Legacy; Appendix 1: Syllabus and Coursework at Nancy; Appendix 2: Brief Profiles of Some Colonial Scientist-Conservationists in India in the Period 1800-1850; Appendix 3: A List of Participants at the Empire Forestry Conferences; Bibliography; Index.

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