Salvaging empire sovereignty, natural resources, and environmental science in the South Atlantic
Settler safe zone or colonial staging ground? -- Company islands -- Imperial diaspora -- Does the sea lion roar? -- Grounding offshore oil -- The geopolitics of marine ecology -- Colonizing with natives.
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Ithaca, NY, London
Cornell University Press
2023
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Self-determination, National
> Natural resources
> Colonialism & imperialism
> Environmental science, engineering & technology
> Kolonialismus und Imperialismus
> POL045000
> Politics & government
> Politik und Staat
> SCIENCE / Environmental Science
> SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
> Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
> Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie
> Umweltwissenschaften, Umwelttechnik
> Great Britain
> Colonies
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| Zusammenfassung: | Settler safe zone or colonial staging ground? -- Company islands -- Imperial diaspora -- Does the sea lion roar? -- Grounding offshore oil -- The geopolitics of marine ecology -- Colonizing with natives. "Drawing on ethnographic and historical field research in the Falklands, Argentina and the UK, this book argues that by claiming self-determination and consenting to British sovereignty, the Falkland Islanders have crafted a settler colonial protectorate to extract resources and extend empire in the South Atlantic"- Salvaging Empire probes the historical roots and current predicaments of a twenty-first century settler colony seeking to control an uncertain future through resource management and environmental science. Four decades after a violent 1982 war between the United Kingdom and Argentina reestablished British authority over the Falkland Islands (Las Malvinas in Spanish), a commercial fishing boom and offshore oil discoveries have intensified the sovereignty dispute over the South Atlantic archipelago. Scholarly literature on the South Atlantic focuses primarily on military history of the 1982 conflict. However, contested claims over natural resources have now made this disputed territory a critical site for examining the wider relationship between imperial sovereignty and environmental governance. James J. A. Blair argues that by claiming self-determination and consenting to British sovereignty, the Falkland Islanders have crafted a settler colonial protectorate to extract resources and extend empire in the South Atlantic. Responding to current debates in environmental anthropology, critical geography, Atlantic history, political ecology, and science and technology studies, Blair describes how settlers have asserted indigeneity in dynamic relation with the environment. Salvaging Empire uncovers the South Atlantic's outsized importance for understanding the broader implications of resource management and environmental science for the geopolitics of empire |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xvi, 296 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781501771170 9781501771545 |