Resources under regimes [[electronic resource] ] : technology, environment, and the state / / Paul R. Josephson

• Autore: Josephson Paul R
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 269 p
• Disciplina: 333.7
• Soggetto topico: Technology and state - History - 20th century; Science and state - History - 20th century; Environmental policy - History - 20th century
• Classificazione: AR 14300
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-260) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Democratic 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Resources under regimes
• ISBN: 0-674-03924-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778183903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New histories of science, technology, and medicine.