Conservation and colonial expansion : a study of the evolution of environmental attitudes and conservation policies on St. Helena, Mauritius and in India, 1660-1860
The approach adopted in this thesis is essentially chronological. The first chapter aims to provide a fairly superficial survey of the development of European perceptions of the environment in the early phases of mercantilist expansion, before much in the way of colonial settlement was undertaken. I...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Published: |
University of Cambridge
1988
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.233036 |