Ecology. Grove., Climate, and empire : colonialism and global environmental history, 1400-1940

The Evolution Of The Colonial Discourse On Deforestation And Climate Change 1500-1940 -- Conserving Eden : The (european) East India Companies And Their Environmental Policies On St Helena, Mauritius And In Western India, 1660-1854 -- Scottish Missionaries, Evangelical Discourses And The Origins Of Conservation Thinking In Southern Africa, 1820-1900 -- The East India Company, The Australians And The El Niño : Colonial Scientists And Ideas About Global Climatic Change And Teleconnections Between 1770 And 1930 -- Chiefs, Boundaries And Sacred Woodlands : Early Nationalism And The Defeat Of Colonial Conservationism In The Gold Coast And Nigeria, 1870-1916 -- Colonial Conservation, Ecological Hegemony And Popular Resistance : Towards A Global Synthesis. Richard H. Grove. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "This collection of essays from a pioneering scholar in the field of environmental history vividly demonstrates that concerns about climate change are far from being a uniquely modern phenomenon. Grove traces the origins of present-day environmental debates about soil erosion, deforestation and climate change in the writings of early colonial administrators, doctors and missionaries. He traces what is known and what can be inferred concerning historic El Nino events centuries before the devastating 1997/98 instance. In an important and wide-ranging concluding essay he analyses the general significance of 'marginal' land and its ecology in the history of popular resistance movements."--Amazon.com This is a collection of essays showing that concerns about climate change are far from being a uniquely modern phenomenon. It traces the origins of environmental debates about soil erosion, deforestation, and climate change in the writings of early colonial administrators, doctors and missionaries.