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ERIC Number: EJ556229
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-1045-6007
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Remaking the Land: The Acclimatization Movement and Anglo Ideas of Nature.
Dunlap, Thomas R.
Journal of World History, v8 n2 p303-19 Fall 1997
Examines a social movement that swept over the British settler colonies of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States in the second half of the 19th century. The movement was characterized by an enthusiasm for introducing birds and animals that could be hunted to remind settlers of home. (MJP)
Descriptors: Animals, Colonialism, Cultural Exchange, Cultural Interrelationships, Foreign Countries, Natural Resources, Natural Sciences, Outdoor Activities, Physical Environment, Plants (Botany), Recreation, Relocation, Social Attitudes, Social Influences, Wildlife, World History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Note: Part of a forum on "Environmental Change in British Settler Colonies."