03216nam 2200649Ia 450 991045099390332120200520144314.00-203-29578-10-203-13355-21-134-82251-081-7835-601-51-280-32819-31-134-82253-71-134-82254-5(CKB)1000000000249637(EBL)179779(OCoLC)229925436(MiAaPQ)EBC179779(EXLCZ)99100000000024963719941229d1995 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEnvironment and history the taming of nature in the USA and South Africa /William Beinart and Peter Coates1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19951 online resource (133 p.)Historical connectionsDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-15457-1 0-415-11468-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 politicsFrom conservation to environmentalism and beyondRace, environmentalism and social inequality; Postscript: taming the wild; IndexThe 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.Historical connections.EnvironmentalismSouth AfricaHistoryEnvironmentalismUnited StatesHistoryNatureEffect of human beings onSouth AfricaNatureEffect of human beings onUnited StatesEnvironmentalismHistory.EnvironmentalismHistory.NatureEffect of human beings onNatureEffect of human beings on333.709333.9/13/0973Beinart William147053Coates Peter A.1957-598912MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450993903321Environment and History2017945UNINA