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: | Grove, R. |
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University of Cambridge
1988
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Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.233036 |
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