The Fissured Land An Ecological History of India
Gadgil, Madhav and Guha, Ramachandra
The Fissured Land An Ecological History of India by Madha Gadgil and Ramchandra Guha - Oxford University Press 2022 - xviii, 241p.
This book emphasizes the significance of various ways of resource use in India. This book is divided into three parts. The first part examines the several forms of restraint on resource use reported from human societies. In the second part, a new interpretation of how the cultural and ecological mosaic of Indian society came together is discussed. The last part presents a socio-ecological analysis of the new modes of resource use which were introduced by the British, and which have continued to operate, with modifications, after Independence in 1947. It also indicates that the British colonial rule established a crucial watershed in the ecological history of India. Generally, this book reports new data along with new interpretations of old data, and, most importantly, it shows a new and alternative framework for understanding Indian society and history.
9780198077442
Forests and forestry
Human ecology
304.209 54 / G124F
The Fissured Land An Ecological History of India by Madha Gadgil and Ramchandra Guha - Oxford University Press 2022 - xviii, 241p.
This book emphasizes the significance of various ways of resource use in India. This book is divided into three parts. The first part examines the several forms of restraint on resource use reported from human societies. In the second part, a new interpretation of how the cultural and ecological mosaic of Indian society came together is discussed. The last part presents a socio-ecological analysis of the new modes of resource use which were introduced by the British, and which have continued to operate, with modifications, after Independence in 1947. It also indicates that the British colonial rule established a crucial watershed in the ecological history of India. Generally, this book reports new data along with new interpretations of old data, and, most importantly, it shows a new and alternative framework for understanding Indian society and history.
9780198077442
Forests and forestry
Human ecology
304.209 54 / G124F