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Nature and nation : forests and development in Peninsular Malaysia / Jeyamalar Kathirithamby-Wells.

Author(s): Kathirithamby-Wells, Jeyamalar

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Main Title
Nature and nation : forests and development in Peninsular Malaysia
Author(s)
Kathirithamby-Wells, Jeyamalar
Publisher
Singapore : Singapore University Press, 2005.
Collation
xxxvii, 487 p. : ill., maps
23 cm.
Series Title
Man and nature in Asia
ISBN
997169302X
Dewey Class
333.75
Contents
Introduction: Nature, Culture and State -- Part I. Colonial Adventure and Tropical Resource, 1786-1900. 1. Tropical Nature and the Imperial Design, 1786-1874 ; 2. Forests in the Pioneer Era, 1874-c.1900: Boon or Bane? -- Part II. Forestry and State Formation, 1901-41. 3. Appropriating the Forest, 1901-41 ; 4. Segmented Space and Livelihoods ; 5. Reconciling Conflicting Claims -- Part III. The Emergence of of a Conservation Ethic, Pre-World War II. 6. Nature, Ecology and Conservation ; 7. Linking Nature and Nation -- Part IV. Forest Use and Abuse, 1942-69. 8. The Seminal Years of Forest Politics, 1942-56 ; 9. Development at a Price: 1957-69 -- Part V. Reconciling Nature and Nation, 1970-1980s. 10. Development and Environmentalism ; 11. Integrating Biodiversity with Development: Myth or Reality? -- Part VI. National Resource, Global Heritage, 1984-2000. 12. The Politics of Resource ; 13. Domestic Response to the New International Order: Rio and After -- Conclusion: Nature for Nation.
Language
English
Subject
Forests and forestry -- Malaysia -- History.
Forest management -- Malaysia -- History.
BRN
6427
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