Saving the World

Brett M. Bennett (Author) Brett M. Bennett is Associate Professor of History at Western Sydney University, Australia, and Visiting Professor in the Department of History in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His publications include Plantations and Protected Areas: A Global History of Forest Management (2015).Gregory A. Barton (Author) Gregory A. Barton is Professor of History at Western Sydney University, Australia, and Visiting Professor in the Department of History in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His publications include The Global History of Organic Farming (2018).

• Introduction The Forgotten History of Climatic BotanyChapter 1: Redeeming the New WorldChapter 2: Losing the New World: When Climate Change Became BadChapter 3: Stopping Climate Change in British IndiaChapter 4: The Evaporation of the Forest-Climate QuestionChapter 5: State of Emergency: Saving the World from DesertsChapter 6: How Dreams of Reclaiming Deserts EvaporatedChapter 7: The Revival of the Forest-Rainfall ConnectionConclusion Making Meaning from Climate Change ReferencesBibliographyAcknowledgementsIndex

A historical approach to the ideas behind climate change, with a particular focus on the role of trees . . . if the development of scientific thought interests you, there’s plenty of food for thought here on a subject that couldn’t be more topical.