{"product_id":"st-helena-9781837650880","title":"St Helena","description":"\u003cb\u003eTraces the impact of world events on St Helena's topography, ecology and human population, from the early 1500s to the present day.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince its discovery in the early 1500s, St Helena - though remotely situated - has repeatedly participated in events taking place on a world stage; evidence of those encounters is etched on the topography, ecology and human population of the island. This book examines the impacts of a century of casual but destructive visits from sailing ships of various nations followed by settlement by the East India Company; the fortification and population of the island by the Company, including the importation of an enslaved population; efforts to make it economically self-reliant; its employment a base for scientific observations from Edmond Halley to Joseph Hooker and beyond; its role as a prison-fortress from Napoleon to the twentieth century and as a base for anti-slavery patrols in the South Atlantic following the Abolition of Slavery; its decline since the end of the days of sail; measures taken to reconnect it with the modern world in terms of sea and air travel as well as electronic communication; and efforts to regain to some degree the ecological diversity of the virgin island setting.","brand":"Arthur MacGregor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280640094459,"sku":"9781837650880","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781837650880.jpg?v=1772487266","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/st-helena-9781837650880","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}