An Environmental History of Australian Rainforests until 1939
Fire, Rain, Settlers and Conservation
$291.20
- Hardcover
234 pages
- Release Date
13 July 2020
Summary
This book provides a comprehensive environmental history of how Australia’s rainforests developed, the influence of Aborigines and pioneers, farmers and loggers, and of efforts to protect rainforests, to help us better understand current issues and debates surrounding their conservation and use.
While interest in rainforests and the movement for their conservation are often mistakenly portrayed as features of the last few decades, the debate over human usage of rainforests stretches w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780367086978 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0367086972 |
| Author: | Warwick Frost |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 234 |
| Release Date: | 13 July 2020 |
| Weight: | 453g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
| Series: | Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies |
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Critics Review
“Frost provides an ecologically informed human history of the rain forests of Australia, from the far north of Queensland to the southern island of Tasmania. [The] main focus is the impact of settlers, white and others, on Aboriginals ecologically, agriculturally, and culturally. He also emphasizes how rain forests have shaped the modern Australian imagination. Frost nicely fills a gap, adopting an interdisciplinary approach that draws from history, literature, and tourism studies, while not ignoring the basics of biology and ecology.”
D. S. Azzolina, University of Pennsylvania, USA, in an excerpt from the April 2022 issue of CHOICE.
About The Author
Warwick Frost
Warwick Frost is Professor of Tourism, Heritage and the Media at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. His research interests include environmental history, comparative economic history and the history of national parks and zoos.
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