This fissured land : an ecological history of India.
Gadgil, Madhav
This fissured land : an ecological history of India. Book - Madras,Singapore etc Oxford Uni. Press 1992 - xiv, 274p.
List of Tables and Figures xi
Preface to the Second Edition xiii
Acknowledgements xviii
Prologue: Prudence and Profligacy 1
PART ONE: A THEORY OF ECOLOGICAL HISTORY 7
1. Habitats in Human History 9
PART TWO: TOWARDS A CULTURAL ECOLOGY OF PRE-MODERN INDIA 59
2. Forest and Fire 61
3. Caste and Conservation 79
PART THREE: ECOLOGICAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL CONFLICT IN MODERN INDIA 97
4. Conquest and Control 99
5. The Fight for the Forest 128
6. Biomass for Business 159
7. Competing Claims on the Commons 189
8. Cultures in Conflict 210
Bibliography 217
Index 235
9780198077442
Social sciences--Research
E�cologie humaine -- Inde -- Histoire
Foresterie -- Inde -- Histoire
Ressources naturelles -- Inde -- Histoire
India
Religion and sociology
Anthropology
304.20954 / GAD
This fissured land : an ecological history of India. Book - Madras,Singapore etc Oxford Uni. Press 1992 - xiv, 274p.
List of Tables and Figures xi
Preface to the Second Edition xiii
Acknowledgements xviii
Prologue: Prudence and Profligacy 1
PART ONE: A THEORY OF ECOLOGICAL HISTORY 7
1. Habitats in Human History 9
PART TWO: TOWARDS A CULTURAL ECOLOGY OF PRE-MODERN INDIA 59
2. Forest and Fire 61
3. Caste and Conservation 79
PART THREE: ECOLOGICAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL CONFLICT IN MODERN INDIA 97
4. Conquest and Control 99
5. The Fight for the Forest 128
6. Biomass for Business 159
7. Competing Claims on the Commons 189
8. Cultures in Conflict 210
Bibliography 217
Index 235
9780198077442
Social sciences--Research
E�cologie humaine -- Inde -- Histoire
Foresterie -- Inde -- Histoire
Ressources naturelles -- Inde -- Histoire
India
Religion and sociology
Anthropology
304.20954 / GAD