| Agriculture, Resource Exploitation, and Environmental Change Contributor(s): Wheatley, Helen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0860785149 ISBN-13: 9780860785149 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $158.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Natural Resources - History | World - General - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 333.714 |
| LCCN: 96030063 |
| Series: Expanding World: The European Impact on World History, 1450 |
| Physical Information: (1.95 lbs) 394 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume examines the ecological consequences of European expansion as a result of land use and resource exploitation. These environmental transformations could be as dramatic as the last Ice Age, but scholars have only begun to take full measure of the changes. The articles presented here provide a map of some of the more promising directions of historical research. Major themes include biological exchange, agriculture, extraction of forest and animal resources, interactions between indigenous and European methods of exploitation, and European approaches to regulation and conservation. A useful corrective to the frontier image of Europeans conquering the wilderness, this volume provides a rich picture of the diversity of European interests and the sometimes unexpected consequences of their approaches to the land. |