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International Review of Environmental History International Review of Environmental History is published by ANU Press The Australian National University Acton ACT 2601, Australia Email: [email protected] This title is available online at press.anu.edu.au ISSN 2205-3204 (print) ISSN 2205-3212 (online) Printed by Griffin Press Cover design and layout by ANU Press. Cover image: Wynston Cooper, Reflections of Jade, March 2009. Image of Lan Yuan 蘭園: A Garden of Distant Longing, Dunedin, New Zealand. Image kindly reproduced with the permission of Wynston Cooper. © 2015 ANU Press Editor: James Beattie, History, University of Waikato & Research Associate, Centre for Environmental History, About the Journal The Australian National University International Review of Environmental History takes an interdisciplinary and global approach to environmental history. It publishes on all thematic and geographical topics of environmental history, but Associate Editor: especially encourages articles with perspectives focused on or developed from the southern hemisphere and the ‘global south’. This includes but is not limited to Australasia, East and South East Asia, Africa and Brett M. Bennett, University of Western Sydney South America. Editorial Board: International Review of Environmental History’s editorial board includes historians, scientists, and geographers who work on environmental history and the related disciplines of garden history and • Maohong Bao包茂宏, Peking University • Tom Isern, North Dakota State University landscape studies. This methodological breadth distinguishes International Review of Environmental • Greg Barton, University of Western Sydney • Nancy Jacobs, Brown University History from other environmental history journals, as does its attempt to draw together cognate research • Tom Brooking, University of Otago • Ryan Tucker Jones, University of Auckland areas in garden history and landscape studies. • Nicholas Brown, The Australian National • Peter Lavelle, Temple University University • Joseph Lawson, Newcastle University The journal’s goal is to be read across disciplines, not just within history. We encourage scholars to • Matthew Chew, Arizona State University • Robert B. Marks, Whittier College think big and to tackle the challenges of writing environmental histories across different methodologies, • Gregory T. Cushman, University of Kansas • Edward Melillo, Amherst College nations, and timescales. We embrace interdisciplinary, comparative, and transnational methods, while still • Vinita Damodaran, University of Sussex • Ruth Morgan, Monash University recognising the importance of locality in understanding these global processes. • Rohan D’Souza, Jawaharlal Nehru University • Emily O’Gorman, Macquarie University • Sonja Duempelmann, Harvard University • Hiroki Oikawa及川敬貴, Yokohama National The Centre for Environmental History at The Australian National University sponsors the journal, and • Jim Fleming, Colby College University ANU Press will publish hardcopy and free electronic versions of the journal. It is also supported by the • Guorong Gao高国荣, Chinese Academy of • José Pádua, Federal University of Rio Historical Research Unit; Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences; and the Environmental Research Institute, Social Sciences • Eric Pawson, University of Canterbury University of Waikato, New Zealand. Our open-access policy means that articles will be available free to • Andrea Gaynor, University of Western • Ulrike Plath, University of Tallinn scholars around the world, ensuring high citation rates and impact in and beyond the field of history. Australia • Simon Pooley, Imperial College London International Review of Environmental History is happy to consider future special issues focusing on • Tom Griffiths, The Australian National • Libby Robin, The Australian National University themes drawn from conferences or collaborations. University • Fei Sheng费晟, Sun Yat-Sen University • Eugenia Herbert, Mount Holyoke College • Lance van Sittert, University of Cape Town Submission Details • Peter Holland, University of Otago • Paul Star, University of Waikato • Katie Holmes, La Trobe University • Sandra Swart, Stellenbosch University Please send article submissions or abstracts to the Editor, Dr James Beattie, History, University of Waikato, • Adrian Howkins, Colorado State University • Mei Xueqin梅雪芹, Tsinghua University Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand. Email: [email protected]. Abstracts should be no more than 200 words, and include a list of keywords. Articles should be in the International Review of Environmental History is published with the support of the Centre for Environmental range 5,000 to 8,000 words (including footnotes), although longer submissions may be considered after History, The Australian National University: ceh.environmentalhistory-au-nz.org/about/. It is also supported consultation with the editor. by the Historical Research Unit: www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/study/subjects/history/available-papers; Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences; and the Environmental Research Institute: www.waikato.ac.nz/eri/, University Style and referencing: please use footnotes in Chicago Style, and follow British spelling. For more details of Waikato, New Zealand. on Chicago Style, please see www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html. International Review of Environmental History is published by ANU Press The Australian National University Acton ACT 2601, Australia Email: [email protected] This title is available online at press.anu.edu.au ISSN 2205-3204 (print) ISSN 2205-3212 (online) Printed by Griffin Press Cover design and layout by ANU Press. Cover image: Wynston Cooper, Reflections of Jade, March 2009. Image of Lan Yuan 蘭園: A Garden of Distant Longing, Dunedin, New Zealand. Image kindly reproduced with the permission of Wynston Cooper. © 2015 ANU Press Editor: James Beattie, History, University of Waikato & Research Associate, Centre for Environmental History, About the Journal The Australian National University International Review of Environmental History takes an interdisciplinary and global approach to environmental history. It publishes on all thematic and geographical topics of environmental history, but Associate Editor: especially encourages articles with perspectives focused on or developed from the southern hemisphere and the ‘global south’. This includes but is not limited to Australasia, East and South East Asia, Africa and Brett M. Bennett, University of Western Sydney South America. Editorial Board: International Review of Environmental History’s editorial board includes historians, scientists, and geographers who work on environmental history and the related disciplines of garden history and • Maohong Bao包茂宏, Peking University • Tom Isern, North Dakota State University landscape studies. This methodological breadth distinguishes International Review of Environmental • Greg Barton, University of Western Sydney • Nancy Jacobs, Brown University History from other environmental history journals, as does its attempt to draw together cognate research • Tom Brooking, University of Otago • Ryan Tucker Jones, University of Auckland areas in garden history and landscape studies. • Nicholas Brown, The Australian National • Peter Lavelle, Temple University University • Joseph Lawson, Newcastle University The journal’s goal is to be read across disciplines, not just within history. We encourage scholars to • Matthew Chew, Arizona State University • Robert B. Marks, Whittier College think big and to tackle the challenges of writing environmental histories across different methodologies, • Gregory T. Cushman, University of Kansas • Edward Melillo, Amherst College nations, and timescales. We embrace interdisciplinary, comparative, and transnational methods, while still • Vinita Damodaran, University of Sussex • Ruth Morgan, Monash University recognising the importance of locality in understanding these global processes. • Rohan D’Souza, Jawaharlal Nehru University • Emily O’Gorman, Macquarie University • Sonja Duempelmann, Harvard University • Hiroki Oikawa及川敬貴, Yokohama National The Centre for Environmental History at The Australian National University sponsors the journal, and • Jim Fleming, Colby College University ANU Press will publish hardcopy and free electronic versions of the journal. It is also supported by the • Guorong Gao高国荣, Chinese Academy of • José Pádua, Federal University of Rio Historical Research Unit; Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences; and the Environmental Research Institute, Social Sciences • Eric Pawson, University of Canterbury University of Waikato, New Zealand. Our open-access policy means that articles will be available free to • Andrea Gaynor, University of Western • Ulrike Plath, University of Tallinn scholars around the world, ensuring high citation rates and impact in and beyond the field of history. Australia • Simon Pooley, Imperial College London International Review of Environmental History is happy to consider future special issues focusing on • Tom Griffiths, The Australian National • Libby Robin, The Australian National University themes drawn from conferences or collaborations. University • Fei Sheng费晟, Sun Yat-Sen University • Eugenia Herbert, Mount Holyoke College • Lance van Sittert, University of Cape Town Submission Details • Peter Holland, University of Otago • Paul Star, University of Waikato • Katie Holmes, La Trobe University • Sandra Swart, Stellenbosch University Please send article submissions or abstracts to the Editor, Dr James Beattie, History, University of Waikato, • Adrian
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