Ecology and empire : environmental history of settler societies / edited by Tom Griffiths and Libby Robin.
| Other author | Griffiths, Tom, 1957- |
| Other author | Robin, Libby, 1956- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington Press, ©1997. |
| Description | 248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Cover title | Ecology & empire |
| Contents | Introduction ecology and empire : towards an Australian history of the world / Tom Griffiths -- Frontiers of fire / Stephen J. Pyne -- The nature of Australia / Eric Rolls -- The fate of empire in low- and high-energy ecosystems / Timothy F. Flannery -- Ecology : a science of empire? / Libby Robin -- Ecology and environmentalism in the Anglo settler colonies / Thomas R. Dunlap -- Vets, viruses and environmentalism at the Cape / William Beinart -- Enterprise and dependency : water management in Australia / J.M. Powell -- Nationhood and national parks : comparative examples from the post-imperial experience / Jane Carruthers -- Scotland in South Africa : John Croumbie Brown and the roots of settler environmentalism / Richard Grove -- Mawson of the Anarctic, Flynn of the Inland : progressive heroes on Australia's ecological frontiers / Brigid Hains -- Ecology, imperialism and deforestation / Michael Williams -- Global developments and Latin American environments / Elinor G.K. Melville -- The Transvaal beef frontier : environment, markets and the ideology of development, 1902-1942 / Shaun Milton -- Empire and the ecological apocalypse : the historiography of the imperial environment / John M. MacKenzie -- Empires and ecologies : reflections on environmental history / David Lowenthal. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 98103979 |
| ISBN | 1853311995 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | QH135 .H38 1997 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |
| Joyner | General Stacks | QH135 .H38 1997 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |