Entangled histories and the environment? : socio-environmental transformations in the Caribbean, 1492-1800 / Eleonora Rohland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rohland, Eleonora, author.

Series:

Inter-American studies ; v. 33.

Inter-American studies : cultures - societies - history = Estudios interamericanos : cultures - sociedades - historia ; volume 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--Caribbean Area--History.

Human ecology.

Ecology.

Environmental conditions.

History.

Caribbean Area--Environmental conditions.

Caribbean Area.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

80 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Trier, Germany : Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier ; New Orleans, LA : University of New Orleans Press, [2021]

Summary:

"This long essay's goal is to outline how environmental factors can be systematically included into the perspective of entangled histories. So far, the question how access to natural resources, energy, land-use systems and agricultural practices have influenced unequal relationships of power have largely remained confined to the field of environmental history but do not belong to the established perspective on histories of empire and colonialism. The essay combines the two conceptual perspectives of "environment-in-entanglement" and "practices of comparing" in order to broaden the approach to how (post-)colonial entanglements are researched historically"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Preface And Introduction

Or: Normalizing Environmental History In The Anthropocene

2. Arriving: Unfamiliar And Incomparable Environments On Hispaniola?

3. Extracting: Comparing European And African Bodies In Tropical Climates

4. Conclusion: The Environment In Entanglement, And Practices Of Comparing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781608012084

1608012085

OCLC:

1197557633

Publisher Number:

99987720838