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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450993903321

Autore

Beinart William

Titolo

Environment and history : the taming of nature in the USA and South Africa / / William Beinart and Peter Coates

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1995

ISBN

0-203-29578-1

0-203-13355-2

1-134-82251-0

81-7835-601-5

1-280-32819-3

1-134-82253-7

1-134-82254-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (133 p.)

Collana

Historical connections

Altri autori (Persone)

CoatesPeter A. <1957->

Disciplina

333.709

333.9/13/0973

Soggetti

Environmentalism - South Africa - History

Environmentalism - United States - History

Nature - Effect of human beings on - South Africa

Nature - Effect of human beings on - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of maps; Series editors' preface; Preface; The nature of environmental history: the United States and South Africa compared; The comparison; The frontier environment; Hunting and animals: from game to wildlife; Settler hunting; Hunting controls; The fall and rise of trees: forests, felling and forestry; Trees and people; Forestry and conservation; Agriculture: exploitation unlimited and limited; The conservationist state; Nature reserves and national parks: revaluing and renaturing the wild; Biocentrism and park politics

From conservation to environmentalism and beyondRace, environmentalism and social inequality; Postscript: taming the wild; Index



Sommario/riassunto

The influence of human economies and cultures on ecosystems is particularly striking in the new worlds into which Europeans have expanded over the past five hundred years. Using a comparative and multidisciplinary approach, Beinart and Coates examine this neglected aspect of the history of settler incursion and dominance in two frontier nations, the USA and South Africa. They also seek to explain change in indigenous ideas and practices towards the environment, and discuss the rise of popular environmentalism up to the present day.