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Environment and empire / William Beinart and Lotte Hughes.

By: Beinart, WilliamContributor(s): Hughes, LotteSeries: Oxford history of the British Empire companion seriesPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007. Description: [xiii], 395 p. : ill., 1 map ; 25 cmISBN: 9780199260317; 9780199562510 (pbk.)Subject(s): Human ecology -- Great Britain | Natural resources -- Great Britain | Plant ecology -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- Colonies -- Environmental conditions | Great Britain -- Environmental policy -- HistoryDDC classification: 304.209171/241 LOC classification: GF551 | .B45 2007
Contents:
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
List(s) this item appears in: Nigeria 1860-1920
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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