Empire forestry and its failure in the Philippines : 1901–1941

From the mid-nineteenth century onwards there developed in the British colonies a distinctive set of forestry practices that came to be described as Empire forestry. These practices grew out of the same milieu as imperialism, and had their earliest expression in British India. Gregory Barton argues...

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Main Author: Luyt, Brendan
Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-895672020-03-07T12:15:50Z Empire forestry and its failure in the Philippines : 1901–1941 Luyt, Brendan Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Forestry Modeling DRNTU::Humanities::General Forestry Practice From the mid-nineteenth century onwards there developed in the British colonies a distinctive set of forestry practices that came to be described as Empire forestry. These practices grew out of the same milieu as imperialism, and had their earliest expression in British India. Gregory Barton argues that Empire forestry also heavily influenced the forestry of the United States and that from there it spread to the Philippines. However, this article argues that the variant of Empire forestry developed in the Philippines was not particularly successful as its proponents failed to adequately adapt it to local social and political conditions. Published version 2018-12-19T06:07:34Z 2019-12-06T17:28:33Z 2018-12-19T06:07:34Z 2019-12-06T17:28:33Z 2015 Journal Article Luyt, B. (2016). Empire forestry and its failure in the Philippines : 1901–1941. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 47(1), 66-87. doi:10.1017/S0022463415000466 0022-4634 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89567 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47099 10.1017/S0022463415000466 en Journal of Southeast Asian Studies © 2015 National University of Singapore (NUS) (published by Cambridge University Press). This paper was published in Journal of Southeast Asian Studies and is made available as an electronic reprint (preprint) with permission of National University of Singapore (NUS) (published by Cambridge University Press). The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022463415000466]. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic or multiple reproduction, distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law. 22 p. application/pdf
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Empire forestry and its failure in the Philippines : 1901–1941
description From the mid-nineteenth century onwards there developed in the British colonies a distinctive set of forestry practices that came to be described as Empire forestry. These practices grew out of the same milieu as imperialism, and had their earliest expression in British India. Gregory Barton argues that Empire forestry also heavily influenced the forestry of the United States and that from there it spread to the Philippines. However, this article argues that the variant of Empire forestry developed in the Philippines was not particularly successful as its proponents failed to adequately adapt it to local social and political conditions.
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title_short Empire forestry and its failure in the Philippines : 1901–1941
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