Book ID: CBB001422376

Nature Contained: Environmental Histories of Singapore (2014)

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Barnard, Timothy P. (Editor)


NUS Press


Publication Date: 2014
Physical Details: x + 328 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.
Language: English

How has Singapore's environment and location in a zone of extraordinary biodiversity influenced the economic, political, social, and intellectual history of the island since the early 19th century? What are the antecedents to Singapore's image of itself as a City in a Garden? Grounding the story of Singapore within an understanding of its environment opens the way to an account of the past that is more than a story of trade, immigration, and nation-building. Each of the chapters in this volume focusing on topics ranging from tigers and plantations to trade in exotic animals and the greening of the city, and written by botanists, historians, anthropologists, and naturalists examines how humans have interacted with and understood the natural environment on a small island in Southeast Asia over the past 200 years, and conversely how this environment has influenced humans. Between the chapters are travelers' accounts and primary documents that provide eyewitness descriptions of the events examined in the text. In this regard, Nature Contained: Environmental Histories of Singapore provides new insights into the Singaporean past, and reflects much of the diversity, and dynamism, of environmental history globally.

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Review Boomgaard, Peter (2015) Review of "Nature Contained: Environmental Histories of Singapore". Environmental History (pp. 525-527). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Powell, Miles Alexander
Alexander Aisher
Petraglia, Michael
Lorena Córdoba
Jean-Baptiste Pettier
Thomas Widlok
Concepts
Environmental history
Nature and its relationship to culture; human-nature relationships
Animals
Natural history
Biological diversity; biodiversity
Trade
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
21st century
18th century
20th century, early
17th century
Places
Singapore
Fiji
Guinea
Connecticut (U.S.)
Eastern Europe
Indonesia
Institutions
Natural History Museum (London, England)
United States. National Park Service
Royal Society of London
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