LEADER 03378nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910452150203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-191754-0 010 $a1-281-16419-4 010 $a9786611164195 010 $a0-19-156628-4 010 $a1-4356-1766-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000479866 035 $a(EBL)415277 035 $a(OCoLC)437093423 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000148177 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11177029 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000148177 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10018716 035 $a(PQKB)10666778 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415277 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0002351275 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415277 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10212277 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL116419 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000479866 100 $a20070517d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEnvironment and empire$b[electronic resource] /$fWilliam Beinart and Lotte Hughes 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (410 p.) 225 1 $aOxford history of the British Empire companion series 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2007. 311 $a0-19-956251-2 311 $a0-19-926031-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [353]-382) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Travelers; 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 327 $a13. 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 330 8 $aThis volume uncovers the interaction between people and the elements in very different British colonies throughout the world. Providing a rich overview of socio-environmental change, driven by imperial forces, this study examines a key global historical process. 410 0$aOxford history of the British Empire companion series. 606 $aHuman ecology$zGreat Britain 606 $aNatural resources$zGreat Britain 606 $aPlant ecology$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$xEnvironmental conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHuman ecology 615 0$aNatural resources 615 0$aPlant ecology 676 $a304.209171/241 700 $aBeinart$b William$0147053 701 $aHughes$b Lotte$0915645 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452150203321 996 $aEnvironment and empire$92052612 997 $aUNINA