Green Imperialism : Colonial Expansion, Tropical Island Edens and the Origins of Environmentalism, 1600–1860

Name: Green Imperialism
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521565134
Price: 7150 KES
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ISBN: 9780521565134

by Richard H. Grove

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Studies in Environment and History

ISBN-10 0521565138

ISBN-13 9780521565134

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Mar 29th, 1996

Print length 560 Pages

Weight 900 grams

Dimensions 15.70 x 23.20 x 4.00 cms

Product Classification: c 1500 onwards to present day General & world history General and world history Conservation of the environment

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The first book to document the origins and early history of environmentalism, especially its colonial and global aspects, Green Imperialism highlights the significance of Utopian, physiocratic and medical thinking. For the first time, the limitability of local and global resources could be recognised.

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 emphasised, 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.

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