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Imperialism and the Natural World

By John M. MacKenzie (editor)

Book information

Publisher
Manchester University Press
Year
1990
ISBN
0719029007, 9780719029004
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3676301 bytes)
Series
Studies in Imperialism
Pages
\225
Time added
2021-12-24 03:52:45

Description

Front matter Contents General introduction Notes on contributors Introduction Colonial conservation, ecological hegemony and popular resistance: towards a global synthesis The evolution of colonial science in India: natural history and the East India Company Annexing the landscapes of the past: British imperial geology in the nineteenth century Geographical reform and municipal imperialism in France, 1870–80 The perils of the midday sun: climatic anxieties in the colonial tropics Science, the press and empire: ‘Pearson’s’ publications, 1890–1914 The Imperial Institute: the state and the development of the natural resources of the Colonial Empire, 1887–1923 Experts and amateurs: tsetse, nagana and sleeping sickness in East and Central Africa Index

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