Empire and Environmental Anxiety: Health, Science, Art and Conservation in South Asia and Australasia, 1800-1920
Author:   J. Beattie
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9780230553200


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   25 May 2011
Format:   Hardback
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Empire and Environmental Anxiety: Health, Science, Art and Conservation in South Asia and Australasia, 1800-1920


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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.

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Author:   J. Beattie
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.638kg
ISBN:  

9780230553200


ISBN 10:   0230553206
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   25 May 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of 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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'...a rich and complex book..' -Journal of the Australian Garden History Society


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JAMES BEATTIE has published nearly forty articles and chapters on Asian and Australasian environmental history, garden history, medical history, history of science and Asian art collecting, and sits on the editorial panels of several international journals, including Environment and History and New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies. He is Senior Lecturer, History Programme, University of Waikato, New Zealand.

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