Ecology and Power in the Age of Empire : Europe and the Transformation of the Tropical World /
The first wide-ranging environmental history of late-nineteenth and twentieth century European imperialism, relating the expansion of modern empire, global trade, and mass consumption to the momentous ecological shifts they entailed and providing a historical background to the social, political, and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The first wide-ranging environmental history of late-nineteenth and twentieth century European imperialism, relating the expansion of modern empire, global trade, and mass consumption to the momentous ecological shifts they entailed and providing a historical background to the social, political, and environmental issues of the twenty-first century. |
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| Item Description: | 10: Progress and Hubris: The Political Ecology of Late Colonial Development. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (488 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191091964 0191091960 9780191829901 0191829900 |