1st Edition
The Nature of Empire Modern Imperialism and the Roots of the Anthropocene
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Maps
Introduction
Part I: Environmental Exploitation
Chapter 1: Conquest and Conflict
Chapter 2: Forests and Fields
Chapter 3: Industrialization and Resources
Part II: Environmental Challenges
Chapter 4: Climate Change and Natural Disasters
Chapter 5: Health and Disease
Chapter 6: Extreme Environments
Part III: Environmental Perceptions
Chapter 7: The Environmental Civilizing Mission
Chapter 8: Conservation and Preservation
Chapter 9: Science and the Anthropocene
Conclusion
Index
Biography
Andrea Duffy, Ph.D., is an associate professor of history at Colorado State University. Her research examines human-environmental relations around the world in the modern era, with an emphasis on imperialism and colonial contexts, cross-cultural connections, and the role of climate change. She is the author of Nomad’s Land: Pastoralism and French Environmental Policy in the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean World (2019), winner of the Weyerhaeuser Book Award.
