Environment and empire /
Beinart, William.
Environment and empire / William Beinart and Lotte Hughes. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007. - [xiii], 395 p. : ill., 1 map ; 25 cm. - Oxford history of the British Empire companion series . - Oxford history of the British Empire companion series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-382) and index.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations p. xiii
1 Introduction p. 1
2 Environmental Aspects of the Atlantic Slave Trade and Caribbean Plantations p. 22
3 The Fur Trade in Canada p. 40
4 Hunting, Wildlife, and Imperialism in Southern Africa p. 58
5 Imperial Travellers p. 76
6 Sheep, Pastures, and Demography in Australia p. 93
7 Forests and Forestry in India p. 111
8 Water, Irrigation, and Agrarian Society in India and Egypt p. 130
9 Colonial Cities: Environment, Space, and Race p. 148
10 Plague and Urban Environments p. 167
11 Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis in East and Central Africa p. 184
12 Imperial Scientists, Ecology, and Conservation p. 200
13 Empire and the Visual Representation of Nature p. 214
14 Rubber and the Environment in Malaysia p. 233
15 Oil Extraction in the Middle East: The Kuwait Experience p. 251
16 Resistance to Colonial Conservation and Resource Management p. 269
17 National Parks and the Growth of Tourism p. 289
18 The Post-Imperial Urban Environment p. 310
19 Reassertion of Indigenous Environmental Rights and Knowledge p. 329
Select Bibliography p. 353
Index p. 383
9780199260317 9780199562510 (pbk.)
2007020652
Human ecology--Great Britain.
Natural resources--Great Britain.
Plant ecology--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Colonies--Environmental conditions.
Great Britain--Environmental policy--History.
GF551 / .B45 2007
304.209171/241
Environment and empire / William Beinart and Lotte Hughes. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007. - [xiii], 395 p. : ill., 1 map ; 25 cm. - Oxford history of the British Empire companion series . - Oxford history of the British Empire companion series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-382) and index.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations p. xiii
1 Introduction p. 1
2 Environmental Aspects of the Atlantic Slave Trade and Caribbean Plantations p. 22
3 The Fur Trade in Canada p. 40
4 Hunting, Wildlife, and Imperialism in Southern Africa p. 58
5 Imperial Travellers p. 76
6 Sheep, Pastures, and Demography in Australia p. 93
7 Forests and Forestry in India p. 111
8 Water, Irrigation, and Agrarian Society in India and Egypt p. 130
9 Colonial Cities: Environment, Space, and Race p. 148
10 Plague and Urban Environments p. 167
11 Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis in East and Central Africa p. 184
12 Imperial Scientists, Ecology, and Conservation p. 200
13 Empire and the Visual Representation of Nature p. 214
14 Rubber and the Environment in Malaysia p. 233
15 Oil Extraction in the Middle East: The Kuwait Experience p. 251
16 Resistance to Colonial Conservation and Resource Management p. 269
17 National Parks and the Growth of Tourism p. 289
18 The Post-Imperial Urban Environment p. 310
19 Reassertion of Indigenous Environmental Rights and Knowledge p. 329
Select Bibliography p. 353
Index p. 383
9780199260317 9780199562510 (pbk.)
2007020652
Human ecology--Great Britain.
Natural resources--Great Britain.
Plant ecology--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Colonies--Environmental conditions.
Great Britain--Environmental policy--History.
GF551 / .B45 2007
304.209171/241