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Author Barton, Greg (Gregory Allen)

Title Empire forestry and the origins of environmentalism / Gregory Allen Barton.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 192 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cambridge studies in historical geography ; 34
Cambridge studies in historical geography ; 34.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. The great interference -- 3. Empire forestry and British India -- 4. Environmental innovation in British India -- 5. Empire forestry and the colonies -- 6. Empire forestry and American environmentalism.
7. From empire forestry to Commonwealth forestry.
Summary What we now know of as environmentalism began with the establishment of the first empire forest in 1855 in British India. The empire forestry movement spread rapidly throughout the world, and Gregory Barton's pioneering study is amongst the first to look at the origins of environmentalism in global perspective.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Commonwealth.
Forests and forestry -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History.
Forests and forestry.
Great Britain.
Colonies.
History.
Forest management -- History.
Forest management.
Environmentalism -- History.
Environmentalism.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Barton, Greg. Empire forestry and the origins of environmentalism. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521814170 (DLC) 2002727131 (OCoLC)49872224
ISBN 0511042485 (electronic book)
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0511045611 (electronic book)
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