This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India,
Gadgil,Madhav
This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India, - New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2022. - 312p.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PROLOGUE: PRUDENCE AND PROFLIGACY; PART ONE: A THEORY OF ECOLOGICAL HISTORY; 1. HABITATS IN HUMAN HISTORY; PART TWO: TOWARDS A CULTURAL ECOLOGY OF PRE-MODERN INDIA; 2. FOREST AND FIRE; 3. CASTE AND CONSERVATION; PART THREE: ECOLOGICAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL CONFLICT IN MODERN INDIA; 4. CONQUEST AND CONTROL; 5. THE FIGHT FOR THE FOREST; 6. BIOMASS FOR BUSINESS; 7. COMPETING CLAIMS ON THE COMMONS; 8. CULTURES IN CONFLICT; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
9780198077442
Forests and forestry -- India -- History.
Natural resources -- India -- History.
304.20954 / GAD/F
This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India, - New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2022. - 312p.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PROLOGUE: PRUDENCE AND PROFLIGACY; PART ONE: A THEORY OF ECOLOGICAL HISTORY; 1. HABITATS IN HUMAN HISTORY; PART TWO: TOWARDS A CULTURAL ECOLOGY OF PRE-MODERN INDIA; 2. FOREST AND FIRE; 3. CASTE AND CONSERVATION; PART THREE: ECOLOGICAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL CONFLICT IN MODERN INDIA; 4. CONQUEST AND CONTROL; 5. THE FIGHT FOR THE FOREST; 6. BIOMASS FOR BUSINESS; 7. COMPETING CLAIMS ON THE COMMONS; 8. CULTURES IN CONFLICT; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
9780198077442
Forests and forestry -- India -- History.
Natural resources -- India -- History.
304.20954 / GAD/F