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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Main Author: Ross, Corey, 1969-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
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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.
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