This fissured land an ecological history of India
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TextPublication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 1995Description: xiv,274p. 21*13 cmISBN: 9780195633412Subject(s): Forests and forestry -- India -- History | Natural resources -- India -- History | Human ecology -- India -- HistoryDDC classification: 304.20954 Summary: The book especially focuses on the use and abuse of forest resources. In Part One, the authors present a general theory of ecological history. Part Two provides a fresh interpretative history of pre-modern India along with an ecological interpretation of the caste system. In Part Three, the authors draw upon a huge wealth of source material in their socio-ecological analysis of the modes of resource use introduced in India by the British. The Second Edition comes with a new Preface by the authors
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The book especially focuses on the use and abuse of forest resources. In Part One, the authors present a general theory of ecological history. Part Two provides a fresh interpretative history of pre-modern India along with an ecological interpretation of the caste system. In Part Three, the authors draw upon a huge wealth of source material in their socio-ecological analysis of the modes of resource use introduced in India by the British. The Second Edition comes with a new Preface by the authors
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