Green imperialism : colonial expansion, tropical island Edens, and the origins of environmentalism, 1600-1860 / Richard H. Grove
1995, 1st edition. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #394139
ISBN: 0521565138
Physical description; xiv, 540 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Notes;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-525) and index. Contents; Edens, islands, and early empires -- Indigenous knowledge and the significance of south-west India for Portuguese and Dutch constructions of tropical nature -- The English and Dutch East India companies and the seventeenth-century environmental crisis in the colonies -- Stephen Hales and some Newtonian antecedents of climatic environmentalism, 1700-1763 -- Protecting the climate of paradise: Pierre Poivre and the conservation of Mauritius under the ancien regime -- Climate, conservation and Carib resistance: the British and the forests of the eastern Caribbean, 1760-1800 -- The beginnings of a global environmentalism: professional science, oceanic islands, and the East India Company, 1768-1838 -- Diagnosing crisis: the East India Company medical services and the emergence of state conservationism in India, 1760-1857 -- Conclusion: The colonial state and the origins of western environmentalism. Subjects; Hales, Stephen 1677-1761. Hales, Stephen 1677-1761 East India Company History. East India Company Histoire. Geschichte 1600-1860. Environmentalism History. Green movement History. Écologisme Histoire. Environnementalisme Histoire.
Green movement. Environmentalism. Kolonialismus. Umweltschutz. Umweltwahrnehmung. Ökologie. Aufsatzsammlung. Milieu. Kolonialisme. Ecologia. Environmentalism History. Colonization Environmental aspects History. Colonization Environmental aspects History. Imperialism. Imperialism. Écologisme Histoire. Environmentalism. Environmentalism History. Imperialism.
Environmental policy. Colonization. Conservation of natural resources
Green movement. Colonies. Environment Conservation. India History 19th Century. India History 20th Century. Environmentalism History Exploration. East India Company History.
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