Empire and environmental anxiety : health, science, art and conservation in South Asia and Australasia, 1800-1920
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : James Beattie
- ناشر : Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
- شابک / ISBN : 9780230553200
Description
Introduction -- Origins of Environmental Anxieties -- Imperial Health Anxieties -- Colonial Aesthetic Anxieties -- Scottish-trained Doctors : Environmental Anxieties and Imperial Development, 1780s-1870s -- German Science and Imperial Forestry, 1840s-1900s -- South Asian and Australasian Forestry -- Anxieties and Exchanges, 1870s-1920s -- Thwarting Imperial Agricultural Development : The Spectre of Drifting Sands, 1800s-1920s -- Conclusion.
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
