Economic development and environmental history in the Anthropocene : perspectives on Asia and Africa /: perspectives on Asia and Africa. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Gareth Austin.
• Editors: Austin, Gareth
• Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1 Introduction Gareth Austin; 2 Environmental Impacts of Colonial Dynamics, 1400-1800: The First Global Age and the Anthropocene Amélia Polónia and Jorge M. Pacheco; 3 Agricultural Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1500-1800 Mats Widgren; 4 Containers, Energy and the Anthropocene in West Africa Emily Lynn Osborn; 5 Africa and the Anthropocene Gareth Austin; 6 Monsoon Asia, Intra-Regional Trade and Fossil-Fuel-Driven Industrialization Kaoru Sugihara 7 Forests and a New Energy Economy in Nineteenth-Century South India Prasannan Parthasarathi8 Land Quality, Carrying Capacity and Sustainable Agricultural Change in Twentieth-Century India Tirthankar Roy; 9 The Forests of Southeast Asia, Forest Transition Theory and the Anthropocene, 1500-2000 Peter Boomgaard; 10 Developing the Rain Forest: Rubber, Environment and Economy in Southeast Asia Corey Ross; 11 The Development of Energy-Conservation Technology in Japan, 1920-70: An Analysis of Energy-Intensive Industries and Energy-Conservation Policies Satoru Kobori 12 The Development of South Korea's Nuclear Industry in a Resource- and Capital-Scarce Environment Se Young JangAppendix 1: South Korea's Electricity Generation by Source in Selected Years (billion kilowatt hours and per cent); Appendix 2: Nuclear Power Reactors Operating in South Korea (January 2016); Appendix 3: Nuclear Power Reactors under Construction and Planned in South Korea; 13 Water, Energy and Politics: Chinese Industrial Revolutions in Global Environmental Perspective Kenneth Pomeranz; 14 The Present Climate of Economics and History Julia Adeney Thomas; Notes on Contributors; Index
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloombury Publishing Plc
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 338.90095; General & world history; Economic development -- Asia; Economic development -- Africa; Human ecology -- Asia -- History; Human ecology -- Africa -- History; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General; Asian history; African history; Business & Economics -- Economic History; History -- World; History -- Africa -- General; History -- Asia -- General; Economic history; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474267502; 1474267505; 9781474267519; 1474267513
• Related ISBNs: 9781474267496; 1474267491
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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