000			01340 a2200157 4500
020			_a9780198077442
082			_a304.209 54 _bG124F
100			_aGadgil, Madhav and Guha, Ramachandra _925394
245			_aThe Fissured Land _bAn Ecological History of India _cby Madha Gadgil and Ramchandra Guha
260			_bOxford University Press _c2022
300			_axviii, 241p.
500			_aThis 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.
650			_aForests and forestry _925395
650			_aHuman ecology _925396
942			_cBK
999			_c14560 _d14560