This fissured land : an ecological history of India. Book

By:

Gadgil, Madhav

Contributor(s):

Guha, Ramachandra

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Madras,Singapore etc Oxford Uni. Press 1992Description: xiv, 274pISBN:

9780198077442

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

304.20954 GAD

Contents:

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

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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

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