The Nature of Empire

The Nature of Empire exposes the central role of modern imperialism in the development of contemporary environmentalism and environmental science. It builds this case through an investigation of five major modern empires: Britain, France, Russia, the Ottoman Empire, and Japan.

Autorentext

Andrea Duffy, Ph.D., is an associate professor of history at Colorado State University. Her research examines human-environmental relations around the world in the modern era, with an emphasis on imperialism and colonial contexts, cross-cultural connections, and the role of climate change. She is the author of Nomad's Land: Pastoralism and French Environmental Policy in the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean World (2019), winner of the Weyerhaeuser Book Award.

Klappentext

The Nature of Empire exposes the central role of modern imperialism in the development of contemporary environmentalism and environmental science. It builds this case through an investigation of five major modern empires: Britain, France, Russia, the Ottoman Empire, and Japan.

Inhalt

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Maps

Introduction

Part I: Environmental Exploitation

Chapter 1: Conquest and Conflict

Chapter 2: Forests and Fields

Chapter 3: Industrialization and Resources

Part II: Environmental Challenges

Chapter 4: Climate Change and Natural Disasters

Chapter 5: Health and Disease

Chapter 6: Extreme Environments

Part III: Environmental Perceptions

Chapter 7: The Environmental Civilizing Mission

Chapter 8: Conservation and Preservation

Chapter 9: Science and the Anthropocene

Conclusion

Index