Empire Forestry and the Origins of Environmentalism |
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| Author:
| Barton, Gregory Allen |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-03889-8 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2007 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $57.99 |
Book Description:
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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 study looks at the origins of environmentalism in a global perspective.
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 study looks at the origins of environmentalism in a global perspective.