Green imperialism: colonial expansion, tropical island Edens and the origins of environmentalism, 1600 - 1860

"This is the first book to document the origins and early history of environmentalism, concentrating especially on its hitherto unexplained colonial and global aspects. It highlights the significance of Utopian, physiocratic and medical thinking in the history of environmental ideas. The book s...

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1. Verfasser: Grove, Richard 1955-2020 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge u.a. Cambridge Univ. Press 1995
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Schriftenreihe:Studies in environment and history
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Zusammenfassung:"This is the first book to document the origins and early history of environmentalism, concentrating especially on its hitherto unexplained colonial and global aspects. It highlights the significance of Utopian, physiocratic and medical thinking in the history of environmental ideas. The book shows how the new critique of the colonial impact on the environment depended on the emergence of a coterie of professional scientists, especially in the Dutch, French and English maritime empires. The prime importance of the oceanic island 'Eden' as a vehicle for new conceptions of nature is emphasized, and the significance of colonial island environments in stimulating conservationist notions is underlined, revealing how, for the first time, the limitability of local and global resources could be recognised."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:XIV, 540 S. Ill.
ISBN:0521403855

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