Empire and environmental anxiety : health, science, art and conservation in South Asia and Australasia, 1800-1920

Publication Data

• Title Empire and environmental anxiety : health, science, art and conservation in South Asia and Australasia, 1800-1920
• Author James Beattie
• Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date 2011
• Publication location Basingstoke
• Language English

Contents

Introduction
Origins of Environmental Anxieties
Imperial Health Anxieties
Colonial Aesthetic Anxieties
Scottish-trained Doctors : Environmental Anxieties and Imperial Development, 1780s-1870s
German Science and Imperial Forestry, 1840s-1900s
South Asian and Australasian Forestry
Anxieties and Exchanges, 1870s-1920s
Thwarting Imperial Agricultural Development : The Spectre of Drifting Sands, 1800s-1920s
Conclusion.

Topics

• Imperialism :: South Asia :: History :: 19th century
• Imperialism :: Australasia :: History :: 19th century
• Environmental policy :: South Asia :: History :: 19th century
• Environmental policy :: Australasia :: History :: 19th century
• Public health administration :: South Asia :: History :: 19th century
• Public health administration :: Australasia :: History :: 19th century
• Science and state :: South Asia :: History :: 19th century
• Science and state :: Australasia :: History :: 19th century

Empire and environmental anxiety : health, science, art and conservation in South Asia and Australasia, 1800-1920 by James Beattie. ISBN 9780230553200. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.