Bill Luckin reviews two books which show the exciting, rewarding and revealing state of current urban history.
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Ellington’s America
Bill Luckin hails a triumphantly successful piece of twentieth century history writing.
Green Imperialism : Colonial Expansion , Tropical Island Edens and the Origins of Environmentalism , 1600-1860
With the exception of pioneering work by Clarence Glacken , Keith Thomas and Alfred Crosby , very little has yet been written about early modern environmental thought . This has been partly determined by questions of definition . Thus in a path-breaking overview of English developments between 1500 and 1800 , Keith Thomas framed hisContinue reading “Green Imperialism : Colonial Expansion , Tropical Island Edens and the Origins of Environmentalism , 1600-1860”