"Ecology" and "Empire" forged a historical partnership of great power - and one which radically changed human and natural history across the globe. This book scrutinizes European expansion from the perspectives of the so-called colonized "peripheries", the settler societies. Contributors include many of historians and historical geographers writing in Australia, Africa, Europe and America.
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In this important compilation of new work, Tom Griffiths and Libby Robin reflect on the nature of ecology and empire - combining the essences, as Griffith puts it, of power and innocence...The book sets itself apart from the typically self-regarding US tradition in environmental history by insisting on presenting environmental history on a regional and global comparative scale. 'Think locally, but act globally' becomes more than a bumper sticker in their capable hands. This text, already a primer in its field, will help anyone wishing to take up the task. In this important compilation of new work, Tom Griffiths and Libby Robin reflect on the nature of ecology and empire - combining the essences, as Griffith puts it, of power and innocence...The book sets itself apart from the typically self-regarding US tradition in environmental history by insisting on presenting environmental history on a regional and global comparative scale. 'Think locally, but act globally' becomes more than a bumper sticker in their capable hands. This text, already a primer in its field, will help anyone wishing to take up the task.
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'Ecology' and 'empire' are words that suggest very different dimensions of life on earth; at times they might appear to be opposites. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
beef frontier, colonial botanist, fire exclusion, ecological imperialism, settler societies, environmental history, fire practices Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, New Zealand, United States, New York, Latin American, New South Wales, The Inlander, World War, Kruger National Park, Cape Town, Department of Agriculture, National Parks Board, Richard Grove, Green Imperialism, John Croumbie Brown, Dongola Wild Life Sanctuary, Michael Williams, Pastoral Discourses, British Empire, British India, South Australia, Alfred Crosby, Cape of Good Hope, Jane Carruthers, New World New!
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'Ecology' and 'empire' are words that suggest very different dimensions of life on earth; at times they might appear to be opposites. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
beef frontier, colonial botanist, fire exclusion, ecological imperialism, settler societies, environmental history, fire practices Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, New Zealand, United States, New York, Latin American, New South Wales, The Inlander, World War, Kruger National Park, Cape Town, Department of Agriculture, National Parks Board, Richard Grove, Green Imperialism, John Croumbie Brown, Dongola Wild Life Sanctuary, Michael Williams, Pastoral Discourses, British Empire, British India, South Australia, Alfred Crosby, Cape of Good Hope, Jane Carruthers, New World New!
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- The Future Eaters: An Ecological History of the Australasian Lands and People by Tim Flannery on 11 pages
- Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics) by George Perkins Marsh on 8 pages
- Environment and History: The taming of nature in the USA and South Africa (Historical Connections series) by William Beinart on 6 pages
- Imperialism and the Natural World (Studies in Imperialism) by John M. MacKenzie on 5 pages
- Landscape And Memory by Simon Schama on 4 pages
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- Heretics and Colonizers: Forging Russia's Empire in the South Caucasus by Nicholas B. Breyfogle on 4 pages
- A Commonwealth of Knowledge: Science, Sensibility, and White South Africa 1820-2000 by Saul Dubow on page 95, page 188, and Back Matter
- What is Environmental History (What is History series) by J. D. Hughes on page 89, and Back Matter
- What is Environmental History (What is History series) by J. D. Hughes on page 89, and Back Matter
- History of the Australian Environment Movement by Drew Hutton in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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