Empire and Environmental Anxiety: Health, Science, Art and Conservation in South Asia and Australasia, 1800-1920 - Hardcover
by J. Beattie
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Availability:In StockContributor:J. BeattieSeries:Palgrave Studies in World Environmental HistoryTheme:Chronological Period/19th Century, Chronological Period/20th Century, Cultural Region/Asian, Cultural Region/Australian, Cultural Region/Indian, Cultural Region/OceaniaPublish date:5/25/2011Pages:320
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9780230553200ISBN-10:0230553206UPC:9780230553200Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Australia & New Zealand, Asia, ModernBook Topic:South, 19th CenturySize:8.60 x 5.60 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.726Product ID:SCJDQ2PNA1
A new interpretation of imperialism and environmental change, and the anxieties imperialism generated through environmental transformation and interaction with unknown landscapes. Tying together South Asia and Australasia, this book demonstrates how environmental anxieties led to increasing state resource management, conservation, and urban reform.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9780230553200ISBN-10:0230553206UPC:9780230553200Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Australia & New Zealand, Asia, ModernBook Topic:South, 19th CenturySize:8.60 x 5.60 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.726Product ID:SCJDQ2PNA1
JAMES BEATTIE has published nearly forty articles and chapters on Asian and Australasian environmental history, garden history, medical history, history of science and Asian art collecting, and sits on the editorial panels of several international journals, including Environment and History and New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies. He is Senior Lecturer, History Programme, University of Waikato, New Zealand.
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
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