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Environment and empire /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Oxford history of the British Empire companion series.
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.