This fissured land : an ecological history of India

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This fissured land : an ecological history of India

Madhav Gadgil, Ramachandra Guha

(Oxford India perennials)

Oxford University Press, 2013

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"First edition published in 1992. "--T.p.verso

"Oxford India paperbacks 1993. Oxford India Perennials 2013"--T.p.verso

Description based on 23rd impression 2022

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-234) and indexes:

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This Fissured Land, first published in 1992, presents an interpretative history ecological history of the Indian subcontinent. It offers a theory of ecological prudence and profligacy, testing this theory across the wide sweep of South Asian history. The book especially focuses on the use and abuse of forest resources. In Part One, the authors present a general theory of ecological history. Part Two provides a fresh interpretative history of pre-modern India along with an ecological interpretation of the caste system. In Part Three, the authors draw upon a huge wealth of source material in their socio-ecological analysis of the modes of resource use introduced in India by the British. The Second Edition comes with a new Preface by the authors.

Table of Contents

  • PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • PROLOGUE: PRUDENCE AND PROFLIGACY
  • PART ONE: A THEORY OF ECOLOGICAL HISTORY
  • 1. HABITATS IN HUMAN HISTORY
  • PART TWO: TOWARDS A CULTURAL ECOLOGY OF PRE-MODERN INDIA
  • 2. FOREST AND FIRE
  • 3. CASTE AND CONSERVATION
  • PART THREE: ECOLOGICAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL CONFLICT IN MODERN INDIA
  • 4. CONQUEST AND CONTROL
  • 5. THE FIGHT FOR THE FOREST
  • 6. BIOMASS FOR BUSINESS
  • 7. COMPETING CLAIMS ON THE COMMONS
  • 8. CULTURES IN CONFLICT
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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