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Empire and environmental anxiety Health, science, art and conservation in South Asia and Australasia, 1800-1920 /

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 re...

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Main Authors: Beattie, James.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
Subjects:
Environmental policy > History > 19th century > Australasia.
Science and state > History > 19th century > South Asia.
Science and state > History > 19th century > Australasia.
Public health administration > History > 19th century > South Asia.
Public health administration > History > 19th century > Australasia.
Imperialism > History > 19th century.
Environmental policy > History > 19th century > South Asia.
Pollution & threats to the environment.
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900.
Australasian & Pacific history.
Colonialism & imperialism.
Management of land & natural resources.
Social & cultural history.
Environment and Ecology.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230309067
Summary: 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.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230553200.
Carrier Form: 336 p. : 15 b&w, ill., 9 maps, 25 1.
ISBN: 9780230553200
9780230309067 :
0230309062 :
CLC: X-01
Contents: Dedication List of Figures Acknowledgements Abbreviations Notes on the Author 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 Bibliography Index.

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