This fissured land: an ecological history of India

By:

Gadgil, Madhav

Contributor(s):

Guha, Ramachandra [Co-author]

Material type: Book

BookSeries: Oxford India ParennialsPublication details: New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2002.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvii, 274p.: ill., maps; pbk.: 22cmISBN:

9780198077442

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

304.20954 GAD

Summary: 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. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/this-fissured-land-second-edition-9780198077442?cc=in&lang=en&#

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	IIT Gandhinagar		304.20954 GAD (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		013273
Books	IIT Gandhinagar	General	304.20954 GAD (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		033312

Includes Bibliography and index

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.

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/this-fissured-land-second-edition-9780198077442?cc=in&lang=en&#

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