03191nam 2200745Ia 450 991082102550332120240416150447.00-674-03924-610.4159/9780674039247(CKB)1000000000786896(SSID)ssj0000487061(PQKBManifestationID)11311205(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000487061(PQKBWorkID)10441961(PQKB)10542898(SSID)ssj0000236800(PQKBManifestationID)12077828(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000236800(PQKBWorkID)10193553(PQKB)23910213(DE-B1597)457672(OCoLC)1013940146(OCoLC)1032676705(OCoLC)1043606707(OCoLC)979880305(DE-B1597)9780674039247(Au-PeEL)EBL3300261(CaPaEBR)ebr10314271(OCoLC)923109875(MiAaPQ)EBC3300261(EXLCZ)99100000000078689620050302d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrResources under regimes technology, environment, and the state /Paul R. Josephson1st ed.Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press2005269 pNew histories of science, technology, and medicineBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-02243-2 0-674-01499-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-260) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Nature, Technology, and Worldview -- 1. The Modern State, Industry, and the Transformation of Nature -- 2. The Coercive Appeal to Order: Authoritarian Approaches to Resource Management -- 3. Development, Colonialism, and the Environment -- 4. Biodiversity, Sustainability, and Technology in the Twenty-first Century -- Notes -- IndexDemocratic or authoritarian, every society needs clean air and water; every state must manage its wildlife and natural resources. In this provocative, comparative study, Josephson asks to what extent the form of a government and its economy--centrally planned or market, colonial or post-colonial--determines how politicians, bureaucrats, scientists, engineers, and industrialists address environmental and social problems presented by the transformation of nature into a humanized landscape.New histories of science, technology, and medicine.Technology and stateHistory20th centuryScience and stateHistory20th centuryEnvironmental policyHistory20th centuryTechnology and stateHistoryScience and stateHistoryEnvironmental policyHistory333.7AR 14300rvkJosephson Paul R685141MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821025503321Resources under regimes4044874UNINA