2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Socialist Environmentalism in Britain during the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
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21520753
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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| Research Institution | Kobe City University of Foreign Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 西洋史 / イギリス史 / 社会主義 / 環境史 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study aims to shed light on the historical development of environmentalism in Britain, by examining the socialist ideas about, and attitudes towards, nature in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It shows that many socialists criticized urbanism and advocated for an agrarian way of life, which, they believed, would also make Britain more self-sufficient. On the other hand, a new animal protection movement was launched by H. Salt, which was less in conflict with urbanization. Furthermore, G. B. Shaw and other socialists began arguing that they needed a public control of the natural resources in the British Empire.
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