Agriculture, resource exploitation, and environmental change

by Wheatley, Helen

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Title Statements

Full title :Agriculture, resource exploitation, and environmental change / edited by Helen Wheatley.

Summary

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.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017.
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (394 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781315263113, 1315263114, 9781351960069, 1351960067, 9781351960076, 1351960075, 9781351960083, 1351960083
oclc:on1249021502
LC Classification:GE145
Dewey Decimal:333.7/14

Subjects

Agriculture -- Aspect de l'environnement Agriculture -- Environmental aspects Environmental risk assessment Environmental risk assessment -- History Environnement -- Évaluation du risque History HISTORY ; General Land use -- Environmental aspects Landscape assessment -- Environmental a… Natural resources -- Environmental aspe… Paysages -- Évaluation Ressources naturelles -- Aspect de l'en… Utilisation du sol -- Aspect de l'envir…