Australian environmental history : essays and cases
Dovers, Stephen1994
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Three essays explore the nature of Australian landscapes, the ways in which we have used and abused them, our attitudes toward them, and the ways we have perceived them. Seven case studies then explore the history of human-environment interactions.
Main title:
Australian environmental history : essays and cases / by Stephen Dovers
Author:
Imprint:
Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1994
Collation:
281 pages black and white photographs maps
Notes:
Hawkesbury-Nepean Management Trust Collection
Contents:
Australian environmental history: introduction, review and principles by Stephen Dovers; More a new planet than a new continent by Eric Rolls; Creating place and landscape by Ken Johnson; Evolving visions: environmental management and nature conservation in Australia by Kevin Frawley; Constructing Australia's forests in the image of capital by John Dargavel; Kiola: a history of the environmental impact of European occupation, 1830-1980 by Kenneth Fry; Still discovering Monaro: perceptions of landscape by Stephen Dovers; European settlement and the mammals of arid Australia by Stephen Morton; Environmental changes on the Bogong High Plains, 1850s to 1980s by Ruth Lawrence; The Brigalow by Henry Nix; The Great Barrier Reef: towards conservation and management by James Bowen; Sustainable damage: the environment and the future by Bill Gammage
ISBN:
0195534824 (pbk)
Dewey class:
333.7209
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
119278
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | History Support Collection | 333.7209 AUS | Available |