Colonial Office

Format:

Book

Series:

Environmental History: Colonial Policy and Global Development, 1896-1993.

Environmental History: Colonial Policy and Global Development, 1896-1993

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Colonial Office--Archives.

Great Britain.

Imperialism--Environmental aspects--History--20th century.

Imperialism.

Nature--Effect of human beings on--History--20th century.

Nature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2,102 manuscripts)

Place of Publication:

Gale, a Cengage Company

Summary:

The twentieth century Colonial Office records digitized here follow the development of colonial attitudes towards the natural world through the first half of the twentieth century, before the Colonial Office (established in the 1850s) was merged with the Commonwealth Relations Office to form the Commonwealth Office. Files have been selected from three series in order to provide insight into global colonial policy, changing attitudes towards land and natural resources, and the relationship between people and the natural world before the advent of environmental movements and activism later in the century. The environmental impact of colonialism can be explored through these files, from large-scale forestry and mining, to irrigation, soil surveys, research into tropical diseases, agriculture, industry and conservation, as well as material on trade and commodities such as oil, cocoa, animal hides and skins, minerals and timber.

Contents:

CO 323: Colonies, General: Original Correspondence

CO 852: Colonial Office: Economic General Department and Predecessors: Registered Files

CO 927: Colonial Office: Research Department: Original Correspondence. Fauna (Wild Life) Nature Conservation.

Notes:

Date of documents: 1925-1965.

Reproduction of the originals from The National Archives (Kew, United Kingdom).

OCLC:

1427746218