Empire and environmental anxiety [electronic resource] : health, science, art and conservation in South Asia and Australasia, 1800-1920 /
by Beattie, James; ProQuest (Firm).
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BookSeries: Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series: Publisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire, U.K. ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Description: xv, 320 p. : ill., maps.ISBN: ; .Subject(s): Imperialism -- South Asia -- History -- 19th century | Imperialism -- Australasia -- History -- 19th century | Environmental policy -- South Asia -- History -- 19th century | Environmental policy -- Australasia -- History -- 19th century | Public health administration -- South Asia -- History -- 19th century | Public health administration -- Australasia -- History -- 19th century | Science and state -- South Asia -- History -- 19th century | Science and state -- Australasia -- History -- 19th century | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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