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This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India

This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India

Paperback

Environmental StudiesIndian & South Asian History

ISBN10: 0520082966
ISBN13: 9780520082960
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: Mar 31 1993
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.77 Width: 5.47 Depth: 8.19
Language: English
Ecologist Madhav Gadgil and historian Ramachandra Guha offer fresh perspectives both on the ecological history of India and on theoretical issues of interest to environmental historians regardless of geographical specialization.

Juxtaposing data from India with the ecological literature on lifestyles as diverse as those of modern Americans and Amazonian Indians, the authors analyze the social conflicts that have emerged over environmental exploitation and explore the impact of changing patterns of resource use on human societies. They present a socio-ecological analysis of the modes of resource use introduced to India by the British, and explore popular resistance to state environmental policies in both the colonial and post-colonial periods.

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Indian & South Asian History