Environment and History : The taming of nature in the USA and South Africa

• Autore: Beinart William
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (133 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.709; 333.9/13/0973
• Soggetto topico: History; Man; Nature
• Altri autori: CoatesPeter A. <1957->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 politics ; From conservation to environmentalism and beyondRace, environmentalism and social inequality; Postscript: taming the wild; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Environment and History
• ISBN: 0-203-29578-1; 0-203-13355-2; 1-134-82251-0; 81-7835-601-5; 1-280-32819-3; 1-134-82253-7; 1-134-82254-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450993903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Historical Connections