Empire Forestry and the Origins of Environmentalism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521814171)

Environmentalism began with the establishment of the first empire forest in 1855 in British India. During the second half of the nineteenth century, over ten per cent of the land surface of the earth became protected as a public trust. The empire forestry movement spread through India, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the U.S. and to other parts of the world. Gregory A. Barton's pioneering study views the origins of environmentalism in global perspective.

Author: Gregory Allen Barton
ISBN-10: 0521814170
ISBN-13: 9780521814171
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/17/2002
Pages: 210
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.70d