Regarding New Zealand’s environment
The anxieties of Thomas Potts, c. 1868–88
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13060064 |
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| Authors | Paul Star (0009-0007-5749-1647, University of Waikato, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 101-138 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review of Environmental History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2205-3204 • E-ISSN: 2205-3212 |
| Publisher | ANU Press (PUBLISHER • AU) |
| DOI | 10.22459/ireh.03.01.2017.08 |
| OpenAlex | W2678354995 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
My earlier paper in IREH 1 (2015) discussed conservation and development in New Zealand in the 1860s through reference to Thomas Potts's contribution to the forest question. Following on from this (but standing alone), the present paper describes and examines Potts's contribution to the understanding and protection of New Zealand's natural environment in general over the following two decades, and suggests contemporary comparisons. I argue that close examination of changing attitudes held by individual settlers, tending towards greater appreciation of their new environment, can inform our understanding of later societal shifts in that direction as colonies approached nationhood. More specifically, I suggest that Potts has a significance which lies not only in the earliness and depth of his appreciation of a particular environmental context, but also in the substantial record that we retain of his intellectual journey
Physics · Potts model · Sociology · Statistical physics · American Environmental and Regional History
| Highly cited | No |
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