True gardens of the gods : Californian-Australian environmental reform, 1860-1930 /

One of the most critical environmental challenges facing both Californians and Australians in the 1860s involved the aftermath of the gold rushes. Settlers on both continents faced the disruptive impacts of mining, grazing, and agriculture; in response to these challenges, environmental reformers at...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tyrrell, Ian R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©1999.
Temas:
Plant introduction > California > History.
Plant introduction > Australia > History.
Agriculture > California > History.
Agriculture > Australia > History.
Human ecology > California > History.
Human ecology > Australia > History.
Pest introduction > California > History.
Pest introduction > Australia > History.
Plantes > Introduction > Californie > Histoire.
Plantes > Introduction > Australie > Histoire.
Agriculture > Californie > Histoire.
Agriculture > Australie > Histoire.
Animaux et plantes nuisibles > Introduction > Californie > Histoire.
Animaux et plantes nuisibles > Introduction > Australie > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > General.
Agriculture
Human ecology
Pest introduction
Plant introduction
International relations
California > Relations > History.
Australia > Relations > History.
California > Relations.
Australia > Relations.
Californie > Relations.
Australie > Relations.
Australia
California
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: True Gardens of the Gods
  • 1. Renovating Nature: Marsh, Mueller, and Acclimatization
  • 2. Wheat, Fruit, and Henry George: The Political Economy of California Horticulture
  • 3. Trees in the Garden: The Australian Invasion
  • 4. The Remarkable Pines of Monterey: Californian Softwoods in Australasia
  • 5. Irrigation and the Garden in California: Popular Thought
  • 6. Dreams and Ditches: Deakin, Australian Irrigation, and the Californian Model
  • 7. Transplanting Garden Landscapes: The Chaffey Ventures and Their Aftermath
  • 8. To Australia and Back: Elwood Mead and the Vision of Closer Settlement
  • 9. Bug versus Bug: California's Struggle for Biological Control
  • 10. Blasting the Cactus: Biological Control in Australia
  • Epilogue: The Death of the Garden?

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