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Eco-cultural networks and the British empire : new views on environmental history / / edited by James Beattie, Edward Melillo, Emily O'Gorman
| Eco-cultural networks and the British empire : new views on environmental history / / edited by James Beattie, Edward Melillo, Emily O'Gorman |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (341 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.709171/241 |
| Soggetto topico |
Culture diffusion - Great Britain - Colonies
Human ecology - Great Britain - Colonies Imperialism - History - 19th century Postcolonialism - History - 19th century |
| ISBN |
1-4411-2594-9
1-4742-9439-1 1-4742-1061-9 1-4411-0867-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: -- Foreword John M. MacKenziePart I - Framing Imperial and Regional Networks of Nature1. Eco-Cultural Networks in the British Empire, 1860-1940 James Beattie (University of Waikato, New Zealand), Edward Melillo (Amherst College, USA), Emily O'Gorman (Macquarie University, Australia)2. Climate, Empire and Environment Georgina Endfield (University of Nottingham, England) and Sam Randalls (University College, London, England)3. The Chinese State and Agriculture in an Age of Global Empires, 1880-1949 Joseph Lawson (Newcastle University, England)4. Empire in a Cup: Imagining Colonial Geographies Through British Tea Consumption Edward Melillo5. Africa, Europe and the Birds Between Them Nancy Jacobs (Brown University, USA)Part II - Local Cultural Networks of Exchange6. Peradeniya and the plantation economy in Ceylon Eugenia Herbert (Mount Holyoke College, USA)7. Eco-cultural networks in southern China and colonial New Zealand, 1860s-1910s James Beattie8. Colonial Cultures of Hunting Kate Hunter (Victoria University, New Zealand)9. Game of Empires: Hunting in Treaty-Port China Robert Peckham (University of Hong Kong)10. Experiments, Local Environments, and Networks in Rice farming in South-Eastern Australia, 1900-1945 Emily O'Gorman11. Animals and Urban Environments: Managing Domestic Animals in Nineteenth-Century Winnipeg Sean Kheraj (York University, Canada)13. Reflections and New Research DirectionsBibliographyIndex. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511443203321 |
| New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Eco-cultural networks and the British empire : new views on environmental history / / edited by James Beattie, Edward Melillo, Emily O'Gorman
| Eco-cultural networks and the British empire : new views on environmental history / / edited by James Beattie, Edward Melillo, Emily O'Gorman |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (341 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.709171/241 |
| Soggetto topico |
Culture diffusion - Great Britain - Colonies
Human ecology - Great Britain - Colonies Imperialism - History - 19th century Postcolonialism - History - 19th century |
| ISBN |
1-4411-2594-9
1-4742-9439-1 1-4742-1061-9 1-4411-0867-X |
| Classificazione | HIS037060 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: -- Foreword John M. MacKenziePart I - Framing Imperial and Regional Networks of Nature1. Eco-Cultural Networks in the British Empire, 1860-1940 James Beattie (University of Waikato, New Zealand), Edward Melillo (Amherst College, USA), Emily O'Gorman (Macquarie University, Australia)2. Climate, Empire and Environment Georgina Endfield (University of Nottingham, England) and Sam Randalls (University College, London, England)3. The Chinese State and Agriculture in an Age of Global Empires, 1880-1949 Joseph Lawson (Newcastle University, England)4. Empire in a Cup: Imagining Colonial Geographies Through British Tea Consumption Edward Melillo5. Africa, Europe and the Birds Between Them Nancy Jacobs (Brown University, USA)Part II - Local Cultural Networks of Exchange6. Peradeniya and the plantation economy in Ceylon Eugenia Herbert (Mount Holyoke College, USA)7. Eco-cultural networks in southern China and colonial New Zealand, 1860s-1910s James Beattie8. Colonial Cultures of Hunting Kate Hunter (Victoria University, New Zealand)9. Game of Empires: Hunting in Treaty-Port China Robert Peckham (University of Hong Kong)10. Experiments, Local Environments, and Networks in Rice farming in South-Eastern Australia, 1900-1945 Emily O'Gorman11. Animals and Urban Environments: Managing Domestic Animals in Nineteenth-Century Winnipeg Sean Kheraj (York University, Canada)13. Reflections and New Research DirectionsBibliographyIndex. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787910303321 |
| New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Eco-cultural networks and the British empire : new views on environmental history / / edited by James Beattie, Edward Melillo, Emily O'Gorman
| Eco-cultural networks and the British empire : new views on environmental history / / edited by James Beattie, Edward Melillo, Emily O'Gorman |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (341 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.709171/241 |
| Soggetto topico |
Culture diffusion - Great Britain - Colonies
Human ecology - Great Britain - Colonies Imperialism - History - 19th century Postcolonialism - History - 19th century |
| ISBN |
1-4411-2594-9
1-4742-9439-1 1-4742-1061-9 1-4411-0867-X |
| Classificazione | HIS037060 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: -- Foreword John M. MacKenziePart I - Framing Imperial and Regional Networks of Nature1. Eco-Cultural Networks in the British Empire, 1860-1940 James Beattie (University of Waikato, New Zealand), Edward Melillo (Amherst College, USA), Emily O'Gorman (Macquarie University, Australia)2. Climate, Empire and Environment Georgina Endfield (University of Nottingham, England) and Sam Randalls (University College, London, England)3. The Chinese State and Agriculture in an Age of Global Empires, 1880-1949 Joseph Lawson (Newcastle University, England)4. Empire in a Cup: Imagining Colonial Geographies Through British Tea Consumption Edward Melillo5. Africa, Europe and the Birds Between Them Nancy Jacobs (Brown University, USA)Part II - Local Cultural Networks of Exchange6. Peradeniya and the plantation economy in Ceylon Eugenia Herbert (Mount Holyoke College, USA)7. Eco-cultural networks in southern China and colonial New Zealand, 1860s-1910s James Beattie8. Colonial Cultures of Hunting Kate Hunter (Victoria University, New Zealand)9. Game of Empires: Hunting in Treaty-Port China Robert Peckham (University of Hong Kong)10. Experiments, Local Environments, and Networks in Rice farming in South-Eastern Australia, 1900-1945 Emily O'Gorman11. Animals and Urban Environments: Managing Domestic Animals in Nineteenth-Century Winnipeg Sean Kheraj (York University, Canada)13. Reflections and New Research DirectionsBibliographyIndex. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823569303321 |
| New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Environment, modernization and development in East Asia : perspectives from environmental history / / edited by Ts'ui-jung Liu, adjunct research fellow, Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica, and James Beattie, director, Historial Research Unit, University of Waikato, New Zealand
| Environment, modernization and development in East Asia : perspectives from environmental history / / edited by Ts'ui-jung Liu, adjunct research fellow, Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica, and James Beattie, director, Historial Research Unit, University of Waikato, New Zealand |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 301 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 304.2095 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Environmental aspects - East Asia - History
Water resources development - Environmental aspects - East Asia - History Land use - Environmental aspects - East Asia - History Landscape changes - East Asia - History Social change - East Asia - History Human ecology - East Asia - History |
| ISBN | 1-137-57231-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Environment, Modernization and Development in East Asia: Perspectives from Environmental History; James Beattie and Ts'ui-jung Liu -- PART I: MODERNIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES -- 1. Agriculture, Population and Environment in Late Imperial China; E. N. Anderson -- 2. Chinese Migrants and Colonial Development in the British Empire, 1860s-1920s: A Case Study; James Beattie -- PART II: WATERSCAPES: DEVELOPMENT, MODERNIZATION AND SOCIETY -- 3. Dike-based Communities between Water and Sand: The Sand-land Environmental System in Dongchong, South China, 1720s-1980s; Jianxiong Ma -- 4. Waterscape and Social Transformations in Southern Taiwan: The Damming of Mudan Creek; Shao-hua Liu and Shu-min Huang -- PART III: LANDSCAPE COMMODIFICATION -- 5. The Role of the Shin Nihon Hakkei in Redrawing Japanese Attitudes to Landscape; Thomas Jones -- 6. The Development of Cinchona Cultivation and 'Kina Gaku' in the Japanese Empire, 1912-45; Ya-wen Ku -- 7. The Energetics of Militarized Landscapes: The Ecology of War in Henan, 1938-50; Micah S. Muscolino -- PART IV: REACTING TO DEVELOPMENT -- 8. Environmental Non-Government Organizations in China since the 1970s; Sheng Fei -- 9. Taiwan's Land Use after World War II: An Ecological Modernization Approach; Hsin-Hsun Huang, Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, and Shih-Jung Hsu -- 10. Material Fetters and Spiritual Transcendence: Zhuang Zi and Environmental Thought; Yim-tze Kwong. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254782203321 |
| Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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