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- catalog abstract ""Originally delivered as the Callander Lectures at the University of Aberdeen in 1995, this is a survey of the historiography of the environmental history of the British Empire, suggesting new modes of analysis and connections with the Scottish experience. Environmental history has grown considerably as an area of historical study. This historiography offers opportunities for the globalizing of human history in relation to its natural context. Within this field, some of the major studies have emerged in relation to the British Empire, examining the environmental effects of the social and economic impact of imperialism in the various continents of the world. The book undertakes a survey of this literature. It examines a wide range of research and publications, and divides them into the apocalyptic, the neo-whiggish and the longer-perspective schools. The author takes some of the contributors to task for their analytical excesses, and makes suggestions for the future direction of the field. In doing so, it draws parallels with current environmental issues. It also connects studies of the environment to the Scottish experience, and the dominance of the Scots in the relevant agencies of the British Empire."--Pub. desc.".
- catalog alternative "Imperialism, Scotland and the environment".
- catalog contributor b10566633.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Colonies Historiography.".
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description ""Originally delivered as the Callander Lectures at the University of Aberdeen in 1995, this is a survey of the historiography of the environmental history of the British Empire, suggesting new modes of analysis and connections with the Scottish experience. Environmental history has grown considerably as an area of historical study. This historiography offers opportunities for the globalizing of human history in relation to its natural context. Within this field, some of the major studies have emerged in relation to the British Empire, examining the environmental effects of the social and economic impact of imperialism in the various continents of the world. The book undertakes a survey of this literature. It examines a wide range of research and publications, and divides them into the apocalyptic, the neo-whiggish and the longer-perspective schools. The author takes some of the contributors to task for their analytical excesses, and makes suggestions for the future direction of the field. In doing so, it draws parallels with current environmental issues. It also connects studies of the environment to the Scottish experience, and the dominance of the Scots in the relevant agencies of the British Empire."--Pub. desc.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The historiography of environmentalism : apocalypse, neo-Whiggism and new perspectives -- Assurance and anxiety : the imperial condition -- The imperial sceptic.".
- catalog extent "xv, 91 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Empires of nature and the nature of empires.".
- catalog identifier "1862320594 (pbk) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Empires of nature and the nature of empires.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "East Linton : Tuckwell Press,".
- catalog relation "Empires of nature and the nature of empires.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Colonies Historiography.".
- catalog subject "333.7209 21".
- catalog subject "DA16 .M236 1997".
- catalog subject "Environmentalism Historiography.".
- catalog subject "Imperialism Environmental aspects.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The historiography of environmentalism : apocalypse, neo-Whiggism and new perspectives -- Assurance and anxiety : the imperial condition -- The imperial sceptic.".
- catalog title "Empires of nature and the nature of empires : imperialism, Scotland and the environment : the Callander lectures, delivered in the University of Aberdeen, 2-7 November 1995 / by John M. MacKenzie.".
- catalog title "Imperialism, Scotland and the environment".
- catalog type "text".