This fissured land : an ecological history of India /
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 mos...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | Perennial edition. |
| Series: | Oxford India perennials.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | "First Edition published in 1992; Oxford India Paperbacks 1993; Oxford India Perennials 2013." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199082155 0199082154 |