ISBN:
9780674039247
,
0674039246
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (269 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
New histories of science, technology, and medicine
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Josephson, Paul R Resources under regimes
DDC:
304.28
Keywords:
Technology and state History
;
20th century
;
Science and state History
;
20th century
;
Environmental policy History
;
20th century
;
Politique scientifique et technique Histoire
;
20e siècle
;
Environnement Politique gouvernementale
;
Histoire
;
20e siècle
;
Science and state History 20th century
;
Environmental policy History 20th century
;
Technology and state History 20th century
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Human Geography
;
Environmental policy
;
Science and state
;
Technology and state
;
Poluição ambiental ; Século 20
;
Política ambiental
;
Recursos naturais (exploração;aspectos sociais)
;
History
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
Democratic or authoritarian, every society needs clean air and water; every state must manage its wildlife and natural resources. In this provocative, comparative study, Josephson asks to what extent the form of a government and its economy--centrally planned or market, colonial or post-colonial--determines how politicians, bureaucrats, scientists, engineers, and industrialists address environmental and social problems presented by the transformation of nature into a humanized landscape
Abstract:
Introduction:Nature, technology, and worldview --The modern state, industry, and the transformation of nature --The coercive appeal to order: authoritarian approaches to resource management --Development, colonialism, and the environment --Biodiversity, sustainability, and technology in the twenty-first century.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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