Title Nature and the English diaspora : environment and history in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand / Thomas R. Dunlap

Published Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1999 Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	508.09 Dun/Nat		AVAILABLE
MELB	508.09 Dun/Nat		DUE 14-05-24

Description xv, 350 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Series Studies in environment and history. Contents Machine derived contents note: Part I. Making the Land Familiar: 1. Natural history and the construction of nature -- 2. Remaking worlds: European models in New Lands -- Part II. Beyond Conquest: 3. Reaching limits, 1850-1900 -- 4. National nature, part I -- 5. Changing science, 1880-1930 -- Part III. Finding Firm Ground: 6. Reaching limits, 1920-1940 -- 7. National nature, part II -- 8. An ecological perspective, 1920-1950 -- Part IV. New Knowledge, New Action: 9. The diffusion of ecology, 1948-1967 -- 10. The new world of nature Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-342) and index Subject Ecology -- History. Ecology -- English-speaking countries. Ecology -- Colonies -- Great Britain. Human ecology. Environmentalism -- History. Natural history -- History. Natural history -- English-speaking countries. Natural history -- Colonies -- Great Britain. Nature -- Effect of human beings on. Nature. SUBJECT United Kingdom -- Colonies -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056645 LC no. 98043736 ISBN 0521651735 0521657008 (paperback)

Other Titles Environment and history in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand

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