The Nature of Empire exposes the central role of modern imperialism in the development of contemporary environmentalism and environmental science. It builds this case through an investigation of five major modern empires: Britain, France, Russia, the Ottoman Empire, and Japan.
The Nature of Empire exposes the central role of modern imperialism in the development of contemporary environmentalism and environmental science. It builds this case through an investigation of five major modern empires: Britain, France, Russia, the Ottoman Empire, and Japan.
Andrea Duffy, Ph.D., is an associate professor of history at Colorado State University. Her research examines human-environmental relations around the world in the modern era, with an emphasis on imperialism and colonial contexts, cross-cultural connections, and the role of climate change. She is the author of Nomad's Land: Pastoralism and French Environmental Policy in the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean World (2019), winner of the Weyerhaeuser Book Award.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Figures List of Tables List of Maps Introduction Part I: Environmental Exploitation Chapter 1: Conquest and Conflict Chapter 2: Forests and Fields Chapter 3: Industrialization and Resources Part II: Environmental Challenges Chapter 4: Climate Change and Natural Disasters Chapter 5: Health and Disease Chapter 6: Extreme Environments Part III: Environmental Perceptions Chapter 7: The Environmental Civilizing Mission Chapter 8: Conservation and Preservation Chapter 9: Science and the Anthropocene Conclusion Index
List of Figures List of Tables List of Maps Introduction Part I: Environmental Exploitation Chapter 1: Conquest and Conflict Chapter 2: Forests and Fields Chapter 3: Industrialization and Resources Part II: Environmental Challenges Chapter 4: Climate Change and Natural Disasters Chapter 5: Health and Disease Chapter 6: Extreme Environments Part III: Environmental Perceptions Chapter 7: The Environmental Civilizing Mission Chapter 8: Conservation and Preservation Chapter 9: Science and the Anthropocene Conclusion Index
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