Natural Interests : The Contest over Environment in Modern France / Caroline Ford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ford, Caroline, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--France--History--19th century.

Environmental policy.

Environmental policy--France--History--20th century.

Environmental protection--France--History--19th century.

Environmental protection.

Environmental protection--France--History--20th century.

Environmentalism--France--History--19th century.

Environmentalism.

Environmentalism--France--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.) : 18 halftones, 2 maps, 1 table

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Challenging the conventional trope that French environmentalism arose after WWII, Caroline Ford argues that a broad environmental consciousness emerged in France much earlier. In response to war, natural disasters, and imperialism, the bourgeoisie, along with politicians, engineers, naturalists, writers, and painters, took up environmental causes.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures and Maps

Introduction

1. François-Antoine Rauch’s New Harmony of Nature

2. Saving the Forests First

3. The Torrents of the Nineteenth Century

4. Environment and Landscape as Heritage

5. The Internationalization of Nature Protection

6. Reforestation and the Anxieties of Empire in Colonial Algeria

7. The Greening of Paris

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-674-96887-5

OCLC:

952812057