Author： Brooking Tom Pawson Eric
Publisher： Routledge Ltd
ISSN： 0308-6534
Source： Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Vol.35, Iss.3, 2007-09, pp. : 417-435
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Abstract
This article discusses the role of grasslands and their products in the development of empire between 1850 and 1930. It explores the paradox that, despite the significance of introduced grasslands in terms of environmental transformation and imperial trade, most contemporary observers ignored this or took it for granted as, generally, have today's historians of empire. The article charts relations between grassland development, improvement and empire building, and examines how retrieval of this neglected story might encourage reconceptualisation of empire relationships, focusing particularly on those between New Zealand and Britain.
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