In The Great Convergence: An Environmental History of Brics sixteen environmental historians from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa forge a dialogue, by departing from their own historical traditions to find common threads and common challenges. They focus on three basic themes, the State, the Civil Society and the historiography, to investigate the relations between nature and society over time in each country - and how these countries can face together current environmental challenges.
In The Great Convergence: An Environmental History of Brics sixteen environmental historians from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa forge a dialogue, by departing from their own historical traditions to find common threads and common challenges. They focus on three basic themes, the State, the Civil Society and the historiography, to investigate the relations between nature and society over time in each country - and how these countries can face together current environmental challenges.
Ravi Rajan is Professor in the Environmental Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz Lise Sedrez is Professor at the Institute of History, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Inhaltsangabe
* List of Maps and Figures * Preface * Introduction - S Ravi Rajan * Part 1 - The State * 1. State and Environment in Brazil: In Defence of Society - Regina Horta Duarte * 2. Russia, State Power, and the Environment - Paul Josephson * 3. The State of Environmental History in India - S. Ravi Rajan * 4. The Trajectory of Contemporary China's State Involved in Environmental Issues - Xueqin Mei * 5. The State, Science and Environmental Management in South Africa, c. 1870 to the Present - William Beinart * PART II - Civil Society * 6. Civil Society And Environmentalism In Brazil: The Twentieth Century's Great Acceleration - JosÃ(c) Augusto Pádua * 7. Non-state Actors in Environmental History of Russia - Nicolai Dronin * 8. The Environment and Civil Society in India - Radhika Krishnan * 9. Understanding the Development of Civil Society and ENGOs in China since 1979 - Fei Sheng * 10. From Conservation To Environmental Justice: Trends In The Relationship Between The State And Environmental Civil Society Organizations In South Africa - Farieda Khan * PART III - Historiography * 11. What Do Brazilian Environmental Historians Really Do? An Overview of Research and Main Themes of the Discipline - Lise Sedrez e Eunice Nodari * 12. Russian Environmental History: A Historiographical Review - Julia Lajus * 13. South Asian Environmental History: An Overview - S Ravi Rajan * 14. Making New Wine in Old Casks: Environmental History in China - Shen Hou * 15. South Africa's Environmental History: A Historiography - Sandra Swart * Conclusion: The Great Convergence and Historiography - S Ravi Rajan * Bibliography * About the Editors and Contributors * Index
* List of Maps and Figures * Preface * Introduction - S Ravi Rajan * Part 1 - The State * 1. State and Environment in Brazil: In Defence of Society - Regina Horta Duarte * 2. Russia, State Power, and the Environment - Paul Josephson * 3. The State of Environmental History in India - S. Ravi Rajan * 4. The Trajectory of Contemporary China's State Involved in Environmental Issues - Xueqin Mei * 5. The State, Science and Environmental Management in South Africa, c. 1870 to the Present - William Beinart * PART II - Civil Society * 6. Civil Society And Environmentalism In Brazil: The Twentieth Century's Great Acceleration - JosÃ(c) Augusto Pádua * 7. Non-state Actors in Environmental History of Russia - Nicolai Dronin * 8. The Environment and Civil Society in India - Radhika Krishnan * 9. Understanding the Development of Civil Society and ENGOs in China since 1979 - Fei Sheng * 10. From Conservation To Environmental Justice: Trends In The Relationship Between The State And Environmental Civil Society Organizations In South Africa - Farieda Khan * PART III - Historiography * 11. What Do Brazilian Environmental Historians Really Do? An Overview of Research and Main Themes of the Discipline - Lise Sedrez e Eunice Nodari * 12. Russian Environmental History: A Historiographical Review - Julia Lajus * 13. South Asian Environmental History: An Overview - S Ravi Rajan * 14. Making New Wine in Old Casks: Environmental History in China - Shen Hou * 15. South Africa's Environmental History: A Historiography - Sandra Swart * Conclusion: The Great Convergence and Historiography - S Ravi Rajan * Bibliography * About the Editors and Contributors * Index
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