TY - JOUR
T1 - Environmentalism, development and British policy in the Middle East 1945-65
AU - Barton, Gregory A.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Britain attempted to create an informal empire in the Middle East and used the British Middle East Office to sponsor development work precisely to attain a significant influence in the region, one that would salvage a fair share of rapidly declining imperial power. Environmental initiatives, many of them focusing on forestry, composed a key element of this programme. However an informal empire did not ensue. This led the Foreign Office, and many historians, to overlook the importance of the BMEO. This article explores how the environmental reforms proposed by British advisers radically changed land use in the Middle East between 1946 and 1970, and left behind a remarkable legacy of conservation.
AB - Britain attempted to create an informal empire in the Middle East and used the British Middle East Office to sponsor development work precisely to attain a significant influence in the region, one that would salvage a fair share of rapidly declining imperial power. Environmental initiatives, many of them focusing on forestry, composed a key element of this programme. However an informal empire did not ensue. This led the Foreign Office, and many historians, to overlook the importance of the BMEO. This article explores how the environmental reforms proposed by British advisers radically changed land use in the Middle East between 1946 and 1970, and left behind a remarkable legacy of conservation.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/546667
U2 - 10.1080/03086534.2010.523964
DO - 10.1080/03086534.2010.523964
M3 - Article
SN - 0308-6534
VL - 38
SP - 619
EP - 639
JO - Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
JF - Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
IS - 4
ER -