Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific : An Environmental History

Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific : An Environmental History КНИГИ ; ИСТОРИЯ Издательство: ABC-CLIOСерия: Nature and Human SocietiesАвтор(ы): Don GardenЯзык: EnglishГод издания: 2005Количество страниц: 417ISBN: 1-57607-869-8Формат: pdf (e-book)Размер: 8.25 mb Rapid Ifolder 0 Of Interest To Students And Academics Alike, This Book Provides A Much-needed Synthesis Of The Recent Literature On The Environmental History Of Australia And Oceania. Charting The Creation Of The Australian Continent From The Ancient Land Mass Of Gondwanaland To The Arrival Of Humans, This Book Maps Out The Key Trends In The Region's Environmental History. Especially Fascinating Are The Chapters Highlighting How Successive Waves Of Human Migration Created Environmental Havoc Throughout The Region, Leading To The Collapse Of The Easter Island Civilization And The Spread Of Nonindigenous Flora And Fauna. From The Controversies Over The Reasons Why Creatures Such As The Marsupial Lion And The Giant Kangaroo Became Extinct To Such Contemporary Problems As Deforestation And Global Warming, This Book Contains Sobering Lessons For Us All. --publisher. Introduction -- The Wide Brown Land -- The Broad Blue Ocean -- The Tragic Ringbarked Forests : Australia 1788-1900 -- Broad, Busy Bulldozed Acres : Australia 1901-2001 -- And Mar The Loveliness Of Ages : New Zealand And The Pacific To 2001 -- Contemporary Concerns -- Case Studies. Don Garden. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. A fascinating study of the environmental history of Australia, New Zealand, and the islands of the Pacific, from the time of the dinosaurs to the present day.Of interest to students and academics alike, this book provides a much-needed synthesis of the recent literature on the environmental history of Australia and Oceania. Part of ABC-CLIO's Nature and Human Societies series, this book maps out the key trends in the region's environmental history, charting the creation of the Australian continent from the ancient land mass of Gondwanaland to the arrival of humans.Especially fascinating are the chapters highlighting how successive waves of human migration created environmental havoc throughout the region, leading to the collapse of the Easter Island civilization and the spread of nonindigenous flora and fauna. From the controversies over the reasons why creatures such as the marsupial lion and the giant kangaroo became extinct to such contemporary problems as deforestation and global warming, this book contains sobering lessons for us all. Annotation. Of interest to students and academics alike, this book provides a much-needed synthesis of the recent literature on the environmental history of Australia and Oceania. Charting the creation of the Australian continent from the ancient land mass of Gondwanaland to the arrival of humans, this book maps out the key trends in the region's environmental history. Especially fascinating are the chapters highlighting how successive waves of human migration created environmental havoc throughout the region, leading to the collapse of the Easter Island civilization and the spread of nonindigenous flora and fauna. From the controversies over the reasons why creatures such as the marsupial lion and the giant kangaroo became extinct to such contemporary problems as deforestation and global warming, this book contains sobering lessons for us all Preliminaries......Page 2 CONTENTS......Page 6 Series Foreword......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 12 Introduction......Page 14 1 THE WIDE BROWN LAND......Page 20 2 THE BROAD BLUE OCEAN......Page 46 3 “THE TRAGIC RINGBARKED FORESTS”: AUSTRALIA 1788 1900......Page 82 4 BROAD BUSY BULLDOZED ACRES AUSTRALIA 1901 2001......Page 118 5 “AND MAR THE LOVELINESS OF AGES”: NEW ZEALAND AND THE PACIFIC TO 2001......Page 154 6 CONTEMPORARY CONCERNS......Page 200 7 CASE STUDIES......Page 234 Documents......Page 268 Bibliographical Essay......Page 320 A to Z......Page 338 Time Line......Page 380 Index......Page 394