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Author Barton, Greg (Gregory Allen)

Title Empire forestry and the origins of environmentalism / Gregory Allen Barton.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 192 pages) : illustrations.
Series Cambridge studies in historical geography ; 34
Cambridge studies in historical geography ; 34.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Print version record.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. The great interference -- 3. Empire forestry and British India -- 4. Environmental innovation in British India -- 5. Empire forestry and the colonies -- 6. Empire forestry and American environmentalism.
7. From empire forestry to Commonwealth forestry.
Summary What we now know of as environmentalism began with the establishment of the first empire forest in 1855 in British India. The empire forestry movement spread rapidly throughout the world, and Gregory Barton's pioneering study is amongst the first to look at the origins of environmentalism in global perspective.
Subject Commonwealth.
Forests and forestry -- Colonies -- Great Britain -- History.
Forest management -- History.
Environmentalism -- History.
Twentieth century.
Forest conservation.
Environmentalism.
Forest management.
Forests and forestry.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Forestry.
Forest management -- History.
Environmentalism -- History.
Forests and forestry -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History.
Environmentalism. (OCoLC)fst00913543
Forest conservation. (OCoLC)fst00932069
India. (OCoLC)fst01210276
Bosbouw.
Forstwirtschaft.
Umweltschutz.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Barton, Greg. Empire forestry and the origins of environmentalism. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521814170 (DLC) 2002727131 (OCoLC)49872224
ISBN 0511042485 (electronic bk.)
9780511042485 (electronic bk.)
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