Seeds of empire: the environmental transformation of New Zealand
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1. Verfasser: Brooking, Tom (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London I.B. Tauris 2011
Schriftenreihe:Environmental history and global change series 4
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
The traditional image of New Zealand is one of verdant landscapes with sheep grazing on lush green pastures. Yet this landscape is almost entirely an artificial creation. As Britain became increasingly reliant on its overseas territories for supplies of food and raw material, so all over the Empire indigenous plants were replaced with English grasses to provide the worked up products of pasture - meat, butter, cheese, wool, and hides. In New Zealand this process was carried to an extreme, with forest cleared and swamps drained. How, why and with what consequences did the transformation of New
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 276 pages)
ISBN:0857719203
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9780857719201
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