Ecology and Power in the Age of Empire: Europe and the Transformation of the Tropical World
Cover; Ecology and Power in the Age of Empire: Europe and the Transformation of the Tropical World; Copyright; Preface; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction: Ecology, Power, and Imperialism; ECOLOGY AND IMPERIAL HISTORY; EMPIRE, INDUSTRY, AND THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT; COVERAGE, THEMES, ORGANIZATION; PART I: A WORLD OF GOODS: The Ecology of Colonial Extraction; 1: The Ecology of Cotton: Environment, Labour, and Empire; THE COTTON CRISIS AND THE EXPANSION OF COLONIAL CULTIVATION; COLONIAL COTTON AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN INDIA AND EGYPT.