This fissured land : an ecological history of India / Madhav Gadgil and Ramchandra Guha.

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Gadgil, Madhav [author]

Contributor(s):

Guha, Ramchandra [author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Oxfod India PerennialsPublication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2013.ISBN:

9780198077442

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Summary: "This Fissured Land, first published in 1992, presents an interpretative history ecological history of the Indian subcontinent. It offers a theory of ecological prudence and profligacy, testing this theory across the wide sweep of South Asian history. 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."--

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Print	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus Main Library	General Books	304.20954 GA-F (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	14/12/2024	147424

"This Fissured Land, first published in 1992, presents an interpretative history ecological history of the Indian subcontinent. It offers a theory of ecological prudence and profligacy, testing this theory across the wide sweep of South Asian history. 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."--

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