True Gardens of the Gods: Californian-Australian Environmental Reform, 1860-1930
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (864 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520213467 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 327 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Excellent comparative history" according to A Customer. For anyone interested in the Pacific Rim, and in comparative history, this book provides a fascinating introduction to the beginnings of an environmental consciousness in the West and in Australia. Centred on plants and water, Tyrrell provides a convincing number of examples of shared problems between Calif
"Wealth or happiness--that is the subject of this surprising and timely book, a meticulously rsearched compendium of 70 years that linked the history of the sun-drenched state of California with the sun-burned country of Australia. The lessons detailed in this true-life Victorian cautionary tale must be read by every environmentalist, sociologist or globocrat who thinks they have the solution tot he environmental or the economic problems of the world."--"Endeavour
He is the author of The Absent Marx: Class Analysis and Liberal History in Twentieth Century America (1986), and Woman's World/Woman's Empire: The Woman's Christian Temperance Union in International Perspective (1991).. Ian Tyrrell is Professor of History at the University of New South Wales, Sydney
Through the use of original research and an innovative methodology, this book offers a new look at the history of environmentalism on a regional and global scale.. Settlers on both continents faced the disruptive impacts of mining, grazing, and agriculture; in response to these challenges, environmental reformers attempted to remake the natural environment into an idealized garden landscape. The book represents a new trend toward studying American history from a transnational perspective, focusing especially on a comparison of American history with the history of similar settler societies. True Gardens of the Gods traces a new nineteenth-century environmental sensibility that emerged from the collision of European expansion with these frontier environments.Tyrrell traces historical ideas and personalities, provides in-depth discussions of introduced plants species (such as t