Environment and empire [[electronic resource] /] / William Beinart and Lotte Hughes |
Autore | Beinart William |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (410 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.209171/241 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HughesLotte |
Collana | Oxford history of the British Empire companion series |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - Great Britain
Natural resources - Great Britain Plant ecology - Great Britain |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-191754-0
1-281-16419-4 9786611164195 0-19-156628-4 1-4356-1766-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
13. 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452150203321 |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 | ||
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Environment and empire [[electronic resource] /] / William Beinart and Lotte Hughes |
Autore | Beinart William |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 395 p. : ill., maps |
Disciplina | 304.209171/241 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HughesLotte |
Collana | Oxford history of the British Empire companion series |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - Great Britain
Natural resources - Great Britain Plant ecology - Great Britain |
ISBN |
0-19-191754-0
9786611164195 1-281-16419-4 1-4356-1766-5 0-19-156628-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795844103321 |
Beinart William
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Environment and empire / / William Beinart and Lotte Hughes |
Autore | Beinart William |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 395 p. : ill., maps |
Disciplina | 304.209171/241 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HughesLotte |
Collana | Oxford history of the British Empire companion series |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - Great Britain
Natural resources - Great Britain Plant ecology - Great Britain |
ISBN |
0-19-191754-0
9786611164195 1-281-16419-4 1-4356-1766-5 0-19-156628-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- 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 Travellers -- 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 -- 13. 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809782503321 |
Beinart William
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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