Empire and environmental anxiety, health, science, art and conservation in South Asia and Australasia, 1800-1920, James Beattie
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Empire and environmental anxiety, health, science, art and conservation in South Asia and Australasia, 1800-1920, James Beattie
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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non fiction
Main title
Empire and environmental anxiety
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bibliography
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698330388
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James Beattie
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Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
Sub title
health, science, art and conservation in South Asia and Australasia, 1800-1920
Summary
A new interpretation of imperialism and environmental change, and the anxieties imperialism generated through environmental transformation and interaction with unknown landscapes. Tying together South Asia and Australasia, this book demonstrates how environmental anxieties led to increasing state resource management, conservation, and urban reform --, Provided by Publisher
Table Of 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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- Science and state -- South Asia -- History -- 19th century
- Environmental policy -- South Asia -- History -- 19th century
- Public health administration -- South Asia -- History -- 19th century
- Science and state -- Australasia -- History -- 19th century
- Public health administration -- Australasia -- History -- 19th century
- Imperialism + History -- 19th century
- Environmental policy -- Australasia -- History -- 19th century
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- Science and state -- South Asia -- History -- 19th century
- Environmental policy -- South Asia -- History -- 19th century
- Public health administration -- South Asia -- History -- 19th century
- Science and state -- Australasia -- History -- 19th century
- Public health administration -- Australasia -- History -- 19th century
- Imperialism + History -- 19th century
- Environmental policy -- Australasia -- History -- 19th century
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