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...

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Main Author: Grove, R.
Published: 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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