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Chapter 2. The nature of Australia
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Acknowledgements v
- Contents vii
- Introduction. Ecology and Empire: Towards an Australian history o f the world 1
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Part I. Ecologies of Invasion
- Chapter 1. Frontiers of fire 17
- Chapter 2. The nature of Australia 35
- Chapter 3. The fate of empire in low- and high-energy ecosystems 46
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Part 2. The Empire of Science
- Chapter 4. Ecology: a science of empire? 61
- Chapter 5. Ecology and environmentalism in the Anglo settler colonies 76
- Chapter 6. Vets, viruses and environmentalism at the Cape 87
- Chapter 7. Enterprise and dependency: water management in Australia 102
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Part 3. Nature and Nation
- Chapter 8. Nationhood and national parks: comparative examples from the post-imperial experience 123
- Chapter 9. Scotland in South Africa: John Croumbie Brown and the roots of settler environmentalism 139
- Chapter 10. Mawson of the Antarctic, Flynn of the Inland: progressive heroes on Australia’s ecological frontiers 154
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Part 4. Economy and Ecology
- Chapter 11. Ecology, imperialism and deforestation 167
- Chapter 12. Global developments and Latin American environments 185
- Chapter 13. The Transvaal beef frontier: environment, markets and the ideology of development, 1902-1942 199
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Part 5. Comparing Settler Societies
- Chapter 14. Empire and the ecological apocalypse: the historiography of the imperial environment 213
- Chapter 15. Empires and ecologies: reflections on environmental history 229
- Select Bibliography 237
- Notes on Contributors 245
- Index 246
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Acknowledgements v
- Contents vii
- Introduction. Ecology and Empire: Towards an Australian history o f the world 1
-
Part I. Ecologies of Invasion
- Chapter 1. Frontiers of fire 17
- Chapter 2. The nature of Australia 35
- Chapter 3. The fate of empire in low- and high-energy ecosystems 46
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Part 2. The Empire of Science
- Chapter 4. Ecology: a science of empire? 61
- Chapter 5. Ecology and environmentalism in the Anglo settler colonies 76
- Chapter 6. Vets, viruses and environmentalism at the Cape 87
- Chapter 7. Enterprise and dependency: water management in Australia 102
-
Part 3. Nature and Nation
- Chapter 8. Nationhood and national parks: comparative examples from the post-imperial experience 123
- Chapter 9. Scotland in South Africa: John Croumbie Brown and the roots of settler environmentalism 139
- Chapter 10. Mawson of the Antarctic, Flynn of the Inland: progressive heroes on Australia’s ecological frontiers 154
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Part 4. Economy and Ecology
- Chapter 11. Ecology, imperialism and deforestation 167
- Chapter 12. Global developments and Latin American environments 185
- Chapter 13. The Transvaal beef frontier: environment, markets and the ideology of development, 1902-1942 199
-
Part 5. Comparing Settler Societies
- Chapter 14. Empire and the ecological apocalypse: the historiography of the imperial environment 213
- Chapter 15. Empires and ecologies: reflections on environmental history 229
- Select Bibliography 237
- Notes on Contributors 245
- Index 246