مشخصات کلی Ecology and power in the age of empire : Europe and the transformation of the tropical world

نویسنده کتاب (Author):

Corey Rossدرخواست کتاب اورجینال

انتشارات (Publisher):

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.خرید و فروش فایل

ویرایش و نوع فایل (Edition/Format):

 Print book : English : First edition فروش فایل تخصصی

منبع (Database):

WorldCatدانلود کتاب اصلی

موضوع (Subject):

Human ecology — Tropics — 19th century.       Human ecology — Tropics — 20th century.      

توضیحات خلاصه (Summary):

Ecology and Power in the Age of Empire provides the first wide-ranging environmental history of the heyday of European imperialism, from the late nineteenth century to the end of the colonial era. It focuses on the ecological dimensions of the explosive growth of tropical commodity production, global trade, and modern resource management-transformations that still visibly shape our world today-and how they were related to broader social, cultural, and political developments in Europe’s colonies. Covering the overseas empires of all the major European powers, Corey Ross argues that tropical environments were not merely a stage on which conquest and subjugation took place, but were an essential part of the colonial project, profoundly shaping the imperial enterprise even as they were shaped by it. The story he tells is not only about the complexities of human experience, but also about people’s relationship with the ecosystems in which they were themselves embedded: the soil, water, plants, and animals that were likewise a part of Europe’s empire.  Read more…

نوع منبع:Book

تمام نویسندگان / همکاران: Corey Ross Find more information about: Corey Ross

شناسه شابک ISBN:9780199590414 0199590419

شناسه OCLC:979267712

جزئیات Description:x, 477 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

مسئوليت Responsibility:Corey Ross.

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