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Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Ser.: Environment and Empire by William Beinart and Lotte Hughes (2009, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100199562512

ISBN-139780199562510

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Product Key Features

Number of Pages416 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameEnvironment and Empire

Publication Year2009

SubjectEnvironmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Life Sciences / Botany, Ecology, Europe / Great Britain / General, Natural Resources, Public Policy / Environmental Policy

TypeTextbook

AuthorWilliam Beinart, Lotte Hughes

Subject AreaNature, Political Science, Science, History

SeriesOxford History of the British Empire Companion Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight20.2 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Reviews"If you are a British imperial historian, or someone who works in an area of the former British Empire, you need to read this book. Few books are as clearly written, have as broad a scope, or are as successful at imparting the views of past scholars while also articulating the author's own vision of history. More importantly, perhaps, not only will you learn from this book, you will also enjoy it."--Brett Bennett, British Scholar "A reasonably comprensive, highly informative, laudably interdisciplinary, and well-written account of the empire's interactions with different environments and of its effects on a wide range of landscapes, resources, and societies."--Vaglav Smil, The International History Review "Offers an excellent introduction to its topic, learned and accessible." --Victorian Studies, 'Review from previous edition 'This is welcome and it will be hoped that it will influence many other historians of empire.' 'John M MacKenzie, The Overseas Pensioner, "If you are a British imperial historian, or someone who works in an area of the former British Empire, you need to read this book. Few books are as clearly written, have as broad a scope, or are as successful at imparting the views of past scholars while also articulating the author's own vision of history. More importantly, perhaps, not only will you learn from this book, you will also enjoy it."--Brett Bennett, British Scholar"A reasonably comprensive, highly informative, laudably interdisciplinary, and well-written account of the empire's interactions with different environments and of its effects on a wide range of landscapes, resources, and societies."--Vaglav Smil, The International History Review"Offers an excellent introduction to its topic, learned and accessible."--Victorian Studies, "If you are a British imperial historian, or someone who works in an area of the former British Empire, you need to read this book. Few books are as clearly written, have as broad a scope, or are as successful at imparting the views of past scholars while also articulating the author's own vision of history. More importantly, perhaps, not only will you learn from this book, you will also enjoy it."--Brett Bennett, British Scholar "A reasonably comprensive, highly informative, laudably interdisciplinary, and well-written account of the empire's interactions with different environments and of its effects on a wide range of landscapes, resources, and societies."--Vaglav Smil, The International History Review, 'Review from previous edition 'This is welcome and it will be hoped that it will influence many other historians of empire.' 'John M MacKenzie, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Edinburgh, ...compelling...the book is written clearly and with a lively prose...If you are a British imperial historian , or someone who works in an area of the former British Empire, you need to read this book. Few books are as clearly written, have as broad of a scope, or are as successful at imparting the views of past scholars while also articulating the authors' own version of history. Most importantly, perhaps, not only will you learn from this book, you will also enjoy it., 'Review from previous edition 'This is welcome and it will be hoped that it will influence many other historians of empire.' ' John M MacKenzie, The Overseas Pensioner, "If you are a British imperial historian, or someone who works in an area of the former British Empire, you need to read this book. Few books are as clearly written, have as broad a scope, or are as successful at imparting the views of past scholars while also articulating the author's own vision of history. More importantly, perhaps, not only will you learn from this book, you will also enjoy it."--Brett Bennett, British Scholar "A reasonably comprensive, highly informative, laudably interdisciplinary, and well-written account of the empire's interactions with different environments and of its effects on a wide range of landscapes, resources, and societies."--Vaglav Smil, The International History Review "Offers an excellent introduction to its topic, learned and accessible."--Victorian Studies, This is an impressive book both for its sweep across continents and themes, and equally so for its lucid and flowing prose. The authors have woven together a complex tapestry of the currents that linked ecological change to the fortunes of the British Empire. It also brings the story up to the present and will be indispensable for historians, ecologists, and lay persons alike., "If you are a British imperial historian, or someone who works in an area of the former British Empire, you need to read this book. Few books are as clearly written, have as broad a scope, or are as successful at imparting the views of past scholars while also articulating the author's own vision of history. More importantly, perhaps, not only will you learn from this book, you will also enjoy it."--Brett Bennett, British Scholar, "If you are a British imperial historian, or someone who works in an area of the former British Empire, you need to read this book. Few books are as clearly written, have as broad a scope, or are as successful at imparting the views of past scholars while also articulating the author's own vision of history. More importantly, perhaps, not only will you learn from this book, you will also enjoy it."--Brett Bennett,British Scholar "A reasonably comprensive, highly informative, laudably interdisciplinary, and well-written account of the empire's interactions with different environments and of its effects on a wide range of landscapes, resources, and societies."--Vaglav Smil,The International History Review "Offers an excellent introduction to its topic, learned and accessible." --Victorian Studies

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal304.209171/241

Table Of Content1. Introduction2. Environmental Aspects of the Atlantic Slave Trade and CaribbeanPlantations3. The Fur Trade in Canada4. Hunting, Wildlife, and Imperialism in Southern Africa5. Imperial Travellers6. Sheep, Pastures, and Demography in Australia7. Forests and Forestry in India8. Water, Irrigation, and Agrarian Society in India and Egypt9. Colonial Cities: Environment, Space, and Race10. Plague and Urban Environments11. Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis in East and Central Africa12. Imperial Scientists, Ecology, and Conservation13. Empire and the Visual Representation of Nature14. Rubber and the Environment in Malaysia15. Oil Extraction in the Middle East: the Kuwait Experience16. Resistance to Colonial Conservation and Resource Management17. National Parks and the Growth of Tourism18. The Post-Imperial Urban Environment19. Reassertion of Indigenous Environmental Rights and Knowledge

SynopsisEnvironment and Empire uncovers the fascinating interaction between people and the elements in very different British colonies throughout the world. Providing a rich overview of socio-environmental change, driven by imperial forces, this fascinating new study examines a key global historical process of the last 500 years. British imperial authorities were concerned about overexploitation and the potential risks to nature and material production, and this book examines the rise of conservation as a result. It also looks at political reassertions by colonised peoples over natural resources, who in a post-imperial age have found a new voice, expressing ideas about landscape and heritage, and challenging views of who "owns", and may regulate, nature., European imperialism was extraordinarily far-reaching: a key global historical process of the last 500 years. It locked disparate human societies together over a wider area than any previous imperial expansion; it underpinned the repopulation of the Americas and Australasia; it was the precursor of globalization as we now understand it. Imperialism was inseparable from the history of global environmental change. Metropolitan countries sought raw materials of all kinds, from timber and furs to rubber and oil. They established sugar plantations that transformed island ecologies. Settlers introduced new methods of farming and displaced indigenous peoples. Colonial cities, many of which became great conurbations, fundamentally changed relationships between people and nature. Consumer cultures, the internal combustion engine, and pollution are now ubiquitous. Environmental history deals with the reciprocal interaction between people and other elements in the natural world, and this book illustrates the diverse environmental themes in the history of empire. Initially concentrating on the material factors that shaped empire and environmental change, Environment and Empire discusses the way in which British consumers and manufacturers sucked in resources that were gathered, hunted, fished, mined, and farmed. Yet it is also clear that British settler and colonial states sought to regulate the use of natural resources as well as commodify them. Conservation aimed to preserve resources by exclusion, as in wildlife parks and forests, and to guarantee efficient use of soil and water. Exploring these linked themes of exploitation and conservation, this study concludes with a focus on political reassertions by colonised peoples over natural resources. In a post-imperial age, they have found a new voice, reformulating ideas about nature, landscape, and heritage and challenging, at a local and global level, views of who has the right to regulate nature.

LC Classification NumberGF551