2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Emergence of the Discourse of Global Environmental Crisis in the British Empire between the Wars
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20720202
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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| Research Institution | Kyushu Sangyo University |
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Principal Investigator |
MIZUNO Shoko Kyushu Sangyo University, 経済学部, 准教授 (40372601)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 西欧近現代史 / 環境史 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study examines the way in which the discourse on global environmental crisis was emerged and spread in the British Empire between the Wars, and also identifies the nature of this discourse. Colonial scientists had a strong influence on imperial land policy, so that soil conservation had been started in the 1930s. They insisted that the relationship between man and nature should be revised to avoid the decline of civilization near the future. On the other hand, colonial scientists suggested that indigenous people should be excluded from decision making of the land management, because they were seen as the very cause of environmental degradation.
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