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Colonial Ecology

Colonial Ecology is a theoretical framework within environmental history that examines the ecological transformations and power dynamics resulting from imperial expansion, specifically by analyzing how colonial regimes restructured ecosystems, resource use, and human-environment relations in colonized territories.

451

Publications

32.2K

Citations

575

Authors

310

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

76

Parents

Publications

451

Ecological Imperialism. The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900

Alan G. Marshall, Alfred W. Crosby · The American Indian Quarterly · 1991 · 1.4K citations

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Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England

James Axtell, William Cronon · The American Historical Review · 1984 · 1.1K citations

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Green imperialism: colonial expansion, tropical island Edens and the origins of environmentalism, 1600-1860

Choice Reviews Online · 1995 · 1K citations

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The unbearable heaviness of climate coloniality

Farhana Sultana · Political Geography · 2022 · 831 citations

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Green Imperialism: Colonial Expansion, Tropical Island Edens and the Origins of Environmentalism, 1600-1860.

Douglas M. Peers, Richard Grove · The Economic History Review · 1996 · 790 citations

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Authors

575

  1. WC
    William Cronon

    Yale University, United States

    8 publications · 2.3K citations

    8

    h-index

  2. RP
    Roderick P. Neumann

    Florida International University, United States

    5 publications · 370 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. RP
    Richard P. Tucker

    University of California, Davis, United States

    4 publications · 124 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. RG
    Richard Grove

    Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    4 publications · 1.3K citations

    4

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  5. DW
    David Watts

    University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 481 citations

    4

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1–5 of 575

Institutions

310

  1. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    224 citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    558 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    441 citations

  4. University of Sussex

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    243 citations

  5. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    216 citations

  6. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    563 citations

  7. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    262 citations

  8. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    301 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 30 publications · 3.6K citations

    22

    h-index

  2. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 14 publications · 2.4K citations

    13

    h-index

  3. Environment and History

    10 publications · 277 citations

    10

    h-index

  4. Environmental History

    EH · 7 publications · 402 citations

    7

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  5. Journal of Historical Geography

    6 publications · 234 citations

    6

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