Seeds of empire : the environmental transformation of New Zealand /: the environmental transformation of New Zealand. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• 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.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.