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This fissured land : an ecological history of India /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gadgil, Madhav (Author), Guha, Ramachandra (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:Perennial edition.
Series:Oxford India perennials.
Subjects:
Human ecology > India > History.
Forests and forestry > India > History.
Natural resources > India > History.
Ressources naturelles > Inde > Histoire.
Forests and forestry
Human ecology
Natural resources
India
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Habitats in human history
  • Forest and fire
  • Caste and conservation
  • Conquest and control
  • The fight for the forest
  • Biomass for business
  • Competing claims on the commons
  • Cultures in conflict.