Cultivating the colonies[electronic ...
Ax, Christina Folke.

 

  • Cultivating the colonies[electronic resource] :colonial states and their environmental legacies /
  • Record Type: Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
    [NT 15000414]: 363.7
    Title/Author: Cultivating the colonies : colonial states and their environmental legacies // edited by Christina Folke Ax ... [etal.].
    other author: Ax, Christina Folke.
    Published: Athens, Ohio : : Ohio University Press,, c2011.
    Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 337 p.) : : ill., maps.
    Subject: NATURE / Essays.
    Subject: HISTORY / World.
    Subject: Environmental policy - History.
    Subject: Nature - Effect of human beings on
    Subject: Human ecology - History.
    Subject: Imperialism - Health aspects.
    Subject: Imperialism - Environmental aspects.
    ISBN: 9780896804791 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 9780896802827 (pbk.)
    [NT 15000227]: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    [NT 15000229]: "The essays collected in Cultivating the Colonies demonstrate how the relationship between colonial power and nature reveals the nature of power. Each essay explores how colonial governments translated ideas about the management of exotic nature and foreign people into practice. The eleven essays include studies of animal husbandry in the Philippines, farming in Indochina, and indigenous medicine in India. They are global in scope, ranging from the Russian North to Mozambique, examining the consequences of colonialism on nature, including its impact on animals, fisheries, farmlands, medical practices, and even the diets of indigenous people"--
    Online resource: Full text available:
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