Empire Forestry and the Origins of Environmentalism (Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography, Series Number 34) - Hardcover

Barton, Gregory Allen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521814170 ISBN 13: 9780521814171

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Environmentalism began with the establishment of the first empire forest in 1855 in British India. During the second half of the nineteenth century, over ten per cent of the land surface of the earth became protected as a public trust. The empire forestry movement spread through India, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the U.S. and to other parts of the world. Gregory A. Barton's pioneering study views the origins of environmentalism in global perspective.

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Book Description

What we now know of as environmentalism began with the establishment of the first empire forest in 1855 in British India, and during the second half of the nineteenth century over ten per cent of the land surface of the earth became protected as a public trust. The empire forestry movement spread through India, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and then the United States to other parts of the globe, and Gregory Barton's pioneering study is the first to look at the origins of environmentalism in global perspective.

About the Author

Gregory A. Barton is Professor of British, Colonial and Environmental history at the University of Redlands, California.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0521814170
• ISBN 13: 9780521814171
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 210