Seeds of empire : the environmental transformation of New Zealand /: the environmental transformation of New Zealand. (2011)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Seeds of empire : the environmental transformation of New Zealand /: the environmental transformation of New Zealand. (2011)
- Main Title:
- Seeds of empire : the environmental transformation of New Zealand
- Further Information:
- Note: Tom Brooking and Eric Pawson ; with Paul Star [and others].
- Other Names:
- Brooking, Tom, 1949-
Pawson, Eric
Star, Paul - Contents:
- List of Figures and Tables; Terminology, Maori Language Conventions, Place Names and Measurements; Notes on Contributors; Map of New Zealand; Preface; 1. Introduction -- Eric Pawson and Tom Brooking; 2. The Contours of Transformation -- Tom Brooking and Eric Pawson; 3. Learning about the Environment in Early Colonia New Zealand -- Peter Holland, Jim Williams and Vaughan Wood; 4. Pioneer Grassland Farming: Pragmatism, Innovation and Experimentation -- Peter Holland, Paul Star and Vaughan Wood; 5. Pastoralism and the Transformation of the Open Grassland -- Robert Peden. 6. Mobilising Capital -- Jim McAloon7. The Grass Seed Trade -- Eric Pawson and Vaughan Wood; 8. Flows of Agricultural Information -- Vaughan Wood and Eric Pawson; 9. The Farmer, Science and the State in New Zealand -- Paul Star and Tom Brooking; 10. Remaking the Grasslands: the 1920s and 1930s -- Tom Brooking and Paul Star; 11. Conclusion -- Tom Brooking and Eric Pawson; Appendix 1: Common and Formal Names of Plants; Appendix 2: Short Biographies of Twelve Pasture Plants; Notes; Index.
- Publisher Details:
- London New York New York, NY : I.B. Tauris Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xx, 276 pages), illustrations, maps
- Subjects:
- 508.93
Natural history -- New Zealand
Grasslands -- New Zealand -- History -- 20th century
Deforestation -- New Zealand -- History -- 20th century
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- New Zealand
Human geography -- New Zealand -- History -- 20th century
Landscape changes -- New Zealand -- History -- 20th century
NATURE -- Essays
NATURE -- Reference
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism
Deforestation
Grasslands
Human geography
Landscape changes
Natural history
Nature -- Effect of human beings on
Environmental Studies
New Zealand
Electronic books
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780857719201
0857719203 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781845117979
1845117972 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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