Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The great interference -- From teleology to progress -- Imperialism -- Climate theory: the rationale for intervention -- India's special role -- 3 Empire forestry and British India -- The development of forest policy, 1850 to 1870 -- Innovation and stabilization: 1855 to 1900 -- 4 Environmental innovation in British India -- The creation of the Indian Forest Department -- Education and Indianization -- Nature a inventory: market valuation of forests -- Settlement of claims -- Mapping nature: survey and demarcation -- Information as power: from survey to working plans -- Fire fighting -- Grazing -- Logging, roads, and soil protection -- Minor product extraction -- Empire forestry in the spotlight -- 5 Empire forestry and the colonies -- Empire forestry in Africa -- New Zealand and Australia -- Canada -- The rest of the empire -- 6 Empire forestry and American environmentalism -- Franklin B. Hough and empire forestry -- Charles Sargent and empire forestry -- Gifford Pinchot and "what saved the national forests" -- Conclusion -- 7 From empire forestry to Common wealth forestry -- India -- Africa -- Australia and New Zealand -- Canada and the United States -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.