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Nature contained : environmental histories of Singapore /
How has Singapore's environment - and location in a zone of extraordinary biodiversity - influenced the economic, political, social and intellectual history of the island since the early 19th century? What are the antecedents to Singapore's image of itself as a City in a Garden? Grounding...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore :
NUS Press,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Half title, full title, copyright page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; An Introduction; Source 1: John Crawfurd's Singapore: An Excerpt from A Descriptive Dictionary of the Indian Islands and Adjacent Countries (1856); Chapter 1: Singapore's Changing Landscape since c. 1800; Source 2: The Tiger Club: Excerpts from Accounts of Tigers in 19th-Century Singapore; Chapter 2: Tigers of Colonial Singapore; Source 3: Wallace's Singapore: An Excerpt from The Malay Archipelago (1869); Chapter 3: Wallace in Singapore
- Source 4: Visiting the Botanical Gardens: Excerpts from Fox's Guide to the Botanic Gardens (1889)Chapter 4: The Environmental Relevance of the Singapore Botanic Gardens; Source 5: Regulating the Wildlife Trade: Excerpts from Report of the Wild Animals and Wild Birds Committee, Singapore, 1933; Chapter 5: The Beastly Business of Regulating the Wildlife Trade in Colonial Singapore; Source 6: A Whale's Tale: Excerpts from The Annual Reports of the Raffles Museum and Library, Newspaper Accounts and Visitors' Memories; Chapter 6: The Raffles Museum and the Fate of Natural History in Singapore
- Source 7: Agricultural Production in Singapore: Excerpts from Annual Reports of the Primary Production Department, Ministry of National Development from the 1970s and 1980sChapter 7: Agriculture and the End of Farming in Singapore; Source 8: "Wildlife and Singapore": An Assessment from the 1980s; Chapter 8: The Nature Society, Endangered Species, and Conservation in Singapore; Source 9: "And That Was Good": A Brief History of the Greening of Singapore; Chapter 9: A City in a Garden; Bibliography; Contributors; Index