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Modernizing nature [[electronic resource] ] : forestry and imperial eco-development 1800-1950 / / S. Ravi Rajan
Modernizing nature [[electronic resource] ] : forestry and imperial eco-development 1800-1950 / / S. Ravi Rajan
Autore Rajan S. Ravi
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford, : Clarendon Press
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (303 p.)
Disciplina 634.9/209034
Collana Oxford historical monographs
Soggetto topico Forest management - History - 19th century
Forest management - History - 20th century
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-19-151546-9
1-280-75817-1
9786610758173
1-4294-2187-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; List of Figures and Tables; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Science and Colonial Environmental History; 1.2. The Case of British Colonial Forestry; 1.2.1. Historical Overview; 1.2.2. Historiographical Overview; 1.3. The Framework of the Book; 1.3.1. The Outline of the Chapters; 2. A Contract with Nature; 2.1. The Climatic Benefits of Forests; 2.2. The Continental Forestry Tradition; 2.2.1. Stages in the Development of German Forestry: A Brief Overview; 2.2.2. German Forestry as an Ideology of Resource Use; 2.2.3. German Forestry and Society; 2.2.4. French Forestry
2.2.5. Modern French Forestry and People2.3. Resonant Themes; 2.3.1. Modernizing Nature; 2.3.2. Emancipatory Appropriation and Technocracy; 2.4. Conclusion; 3. The Empire of Nature; 3.1. The Campaign for Forest Conservancy in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century; 3.1.1. Forests and Climate; 3.1.2. The Ethos of Colonial Science and the Economic Argument for Conservation; 3.1.3. The Campaign for Forest Conservancy in the Cape; 3.2. The Onset of Continental Forestry in the British Empire; 3.2.1. Indian Foresters and Forest Management; 3.2.2. Indian Forestry as an Attitude to Nature
3.2.3. Indian Forestry and Society3.2.4. Foresters and Other Colonial Officials; 3.2.5. Empire Forestry, 1850-1900: The Wider Scenario; 3.3. Conclusions; 4. The Empire Strikes Back; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. The Contexts of the Empire Forestry Conferences; 4.2.1. Changing Attitudes to Science Policy; 4.2.2. The First World War and Forestry; 4.2.3. The Origins of the Empire Forestry Conferences; 4.2.4. Science, Colonial Development, and Conferences, 1928-1952; 4.3. Foresters and Colonial Forest Policy; 4.3.1. Forest Policy at the Empire Forestry Conferences; 4.4. Conclusion
5. The Imperial Environmentalist5.1. Paradigm Articulation; 5.1.1. The 'Classical' Problems; 5.1.2. Organization and Institution Building for Research; 5.1.3. Resonant Themes; 5.2. Agro-forestry Dilemmas; 5.2.1. Empire Foresters and the Debate on Shifting Cultivation; 5.2.2. Foresters and the Politics of Soil Erosion; 5.2.3. Wider Issues; 5.2.4. Resonant Themes; 5.3. Conclusion; 6. The Contested Legacy; 6.1. The Nature of Colonial Forestry: A Revisionist Account; 6.2. Postscript: Widening the Argument; Appendix 1: Syllabus and Coursework at Nancy
Appendix 2: Brief Profiles of Some Colonial Scientist-Conservationists in India in the Period 1800-1850Appendix 3: A List of Participants at the Empire Forestry Conferences; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
Record Nr. UNINA-9910465613103321
Rajan S. Ravi  
Oxford, : Clarendon Press
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Modernizing nature : forestry and imperial eco-development 1800-1950 / / S. Ravi Rajan
Modernizing nature : forestry and imperial eco-development 1800-1950 / / S. Ravi Rajan
Autore Rajan S. Ravi
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford : , : Clarendon Press
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (1 volume)
Disciplina 634.9/209034
Collana Oxford historical monographs
Soggetto topico Forest management - History - 19th century
Forest management - History - 20th century
ISBN 9780191515460
0191515469
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto List of Figures and Tables; 1. Introduction; 2. A Contract with Nature; 3. The Empire of Nature; 4. The Empire Strikes Back; 5. The Imperial Environmentalist; 6. The Contested Legacy; Appendix 1: Syllabus and Coursework at Nancy; Appendix 2: Brief Profiles of Some Colonial Scientist-Conservationists in India in the Period 1800-1850; Appendix 3: A List of Participants at the Empire Forestry Conferences; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910795848403321
Rajan S. Ravi  
Oxford : , : Clarendon Press
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Modernizing nature : forestry and imperial eco-development 1800-1950 / / S. Ravi Rajan
Modernizing nature : forestry and imperial eco-development 1800-1950 / / S. Ravi Rajan
Autore Rajan S. Ravi
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford : , : Clarendon Press
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (1 volume)
Disciplina 634.9/209034
Collana Oxford historical monographs
Soggetto topico Forest management - History - 19th century
Forest management - History - 20th century
ISBN 9780191515460
0191515469
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto List of Figures and Tables; 1. Introduction; 2. A Contract with Nature; 3. The Empire of Nature; 4. The Empire Strikes Back; 5. The Imperial Environmentalist; 6. The Contested Legacy; Appendix 1: Syllabus and Coursework at Nancy; Appendix 2: Brief Profiles of Some Colonial Scientist-Conservationists in India in the Period 1800-1850; Appendix 3: A List of Participants at the Empire Forestry Conferences; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910809757303321
Rajan S. Ravi  
Oxford : , : Clarendon Press
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui