TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grove,Richard
TI  - Green imperialism: colonial expansion, tropical island Edens, and the origins of environmentalism, 1600-1860 
SN  - 0521565138
AV  - GE195 .G76 1995
U1  - 333.72 20
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Environmentalism
KW  - History
N2  - "This is the first book to document the origins and early history of environmentalism, concentrating especially on its hitherto unexplained colonial and global aspects. It highlights the significance of Utopian, physiocratic and medical thinking in the history of environmental ideas. The book shows how the new critique of the colonial impact on the environment depended on the emergence of a coterie of professional scientists, especially in the Dutch, French and English maritime empires. The prime importance of the oceanic island 'Eden' as a vehicle for new conceptions of nature is emphasized, and the significance of colonial island environments in stimulating conservationist notions is underlined, revealing how, for the first time, the limitability of local and global resources could be recognised."--Jacket
ER  -