Environmentalism and Civilizational Development in the Colonial British Histories of the Indian Archipelago (1783-1820)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5306016 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tiffany Tsao (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 449-471 |
| Publication date | 2013-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of Ideas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5037 • E-ISSN: 1086-3222 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jhi.2013.0027 |
| OpenAlex | W2033478535 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
This article argues that the British Histories of the Indian Archipelago written by William Marsden, Thomas Stamford Raffles, and John Crawfurd can be read as documents advocating better care and protection of the natural environment in the region. Extant scholarship has tended to discourage such a reading, although the writers express many beliefs and sentiments that suggest their ascription to what have been identified as early environmentalist views. The environmentalism of the Histories, however, rests on the belief that human cultivation was necessary for nature's well being-a belief now seen as antithetical to the values of modern-day environmentalism
Archaeology · Archipelago · Ascription · Biology · Colonialism · Environmental ethics · Environmentalism · Epistemology · Extant taxon · Natural (archaeology) · Political science · Politics · Reading (process) · Scholarship · Sociology · American Environmental and Regional History · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · History · Law · Philosophy · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |