Empire forestry and the origins of environmentalism

Auteur :
BARTON, G.

Description :
Hard-headed environmentalists and legislators found in empire forestry a ready-made model to construct vast areas of the public domain as a ustensil for environmental and state purposes. The empire forestry matrix of government reservations, fire protection, and revenue-enhancing forests solved the tension between romantic preservationist notions and laissez-faire ideals and gave the compromise from which modern environmentalism emerged : it posed environmental problems and solutions as a means to construct the state.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Journal of historical geography, issn : 0305-7488, 2001, vol. 27, n°. 4, p. 529-552, Références bibliographiques : en notes

Date :
2001

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, London ; New York, NY ; San Francisco, CA, Academic Press