Saving the World

Brett M. Bennett is associate professor of history at Western Sydney University, Australia, and the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His books include Plantations and Protected Areas: A Global History of Forest Management. Gregory A. Barton is professor of history at Western Sydney University, Australia, and the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His books include The Global History of Organic Farming.

Introduction The Forgotten History of Climatic Botany
Chapter 1: Redeeming the New World
Chapter 2: Losing the New World: When Climate Change Became Bad
Chapter 3: Stopping Climate Change in British India
Chapter 4: The Evaporation of the Forest-Climate Question
Chapter 5: State of Emergency: Saving the World from Deserts
Chapter 6: How Dreams of Reclaiming Deserts Evaporated
Chapter 7: The Revival of the Forest-Rainfall Connection
Conclusion Making Meaning from Climate Change
References
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index