Resurrecting the granary of Rome : environmental history and French colonial expansion in North Africa /

Resurrecting the granary of Rome : environmental history and French colonial expansion in North Africa /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, Diana K.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, [2007]
Series:Ohio University Press series in ecology and history.
Subjects:
Human ecology > Africa, North > History.
Desertification > Africa, North.
Deforestation > Africa, North.
Africa, North > Environmental conditions.
Africa, North > History > 1517-1882.
Africa, North > History > 1882-
France > Colonies > Africa > History.
France > Colonies > Africa > Economic policy.
Online Access:Table of contents only
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Table of Contents:
  • Imperial stories and empirical evidence
  • Nature, empire, and narrative origins, 1830-48
  • Idealism, capitalism, and the development of the narrative, 1848-70
  • Triumph of the narrative, 1871-1918
  • Narrative, science, policy, and practice, 1919 to independence
  • Decolonization, the colonial narrative, and environmental policy today.