03686nam 2200589 a 450 991080978250332120240418142225.00-19-191754-097866111641951-281-16419-41-4356-1766-50-19-156628-4(CKB)24235082000041(MiAaPQ)EBC415277(MiAaPQ)EBC7038529(Au-PeEL)EBL415277(CaPaEBR)ebr10212277(CaONFJC)MIL116419(OCoLC)437093423(EXLCZ)992423508200004120070517d2007 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEnvironment and empire /William Beinart and Lotte Hughes1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press2007395 p. ill., mapsOxford history of the British Empire companion seriesIncludes bibliographical references (p. [353]-382) and index.Intro -- 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.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 of the last 500 years. British imperial authorities were concerned about overexploitation and the potential risks to nature and material production, and this bookexamines the rise of conservation as a result. It also looks at political reassertions by colonised peoples over natural resources, who in a post-imperial age have found a new voice, expressing ideas about landscape and heritage, and challenging views of who 'owns', and may regulate, nature.Oxford history of the British Empire companion series.Human ecologyGreat BritainNatural resourcesGreat BritainPlant ecologyGreat BritainGreat BritainColoniesEnvironmental conditionsHuman ecologyNatural resourcesPlant ecology304.209171/241Beinart William147053Hughes Lotte1615817MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809782503321Environment and empire4104709UNINA