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Democratic or authoritarian, every society needs clean air and water; every state must manage its wildlife and natural resources. In this provocative, comparative study, Josephson asks to what extent the form of a government and its economy--centrally planned or market, colonial or post-colonial--de...

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1. Verfasser: Josephson, Paul R.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
Schriftenreihe:New histories of science, technology, and medicine.
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Zusammenfassung:Democratic or authoritarian, every society needs clean air and water; every state must manage its wildlife and natural resources. In this provocative, comparative study, Josephson asks to what extent the form of a government and its economy--centrally planned or market, colonial or post-colonial--determines how politicians, bureaucrats, scientists, engineers, and industrialists address environmental and social problems presented by the transformation of nature into a humanized landscape.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (269 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674039247
0674039246
0674022432
9780674022430
9780674014992
0674014995

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