The British empire and the natural world: Environmental encounters in south Asia/ (Record no. 158015)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0198069707 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 338.927 |
| Item number | KUM/T |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kumar, Deepak |
| 245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The British empire and the natural world: Environmental encounters in south Asia/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Deepak Kumar, Vinita Damodaran and Rohan D'Souza |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New Delhi: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 280p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | <br/><br/>INTRODUCTION BY DEEPAK KUMAR, VINITA DAMODARAN AND ROHAN D'SOUZA ; <br/><br/><br/>PART I. ENVIRONMENTAL IMAGINATIONS AND EMPIRE ; <br/>Chapter 1. The Wild Andamans: Island Imageries and Colonial Encounter by Aparna Vaidik ; <br/>Chapter 2. Walter Sherwill and the Visual Representation of Colonial Authority in Mid-nineteenth Century India by Daniel Rycroft ;<br/><br/> PART II. MAKING NATURAL RESOURCES FOR EMPIRE ; <br/>Chapter 3. Imperial Design: The Royal Indian Engineering College and Public Works in Colonial India by Christopher V. Hill ; <br/>Chapter 4. Redeeming Wood by Destroying the Forest: Shola, Plantations and Colonial Conservancy on the Nilgiris in the Nineteenth Century by Deborah Sutton ; <br/>Chapter 5. Making Garden, Erasing Jungle: The Tea Enterprise in Colonial Assam by Jayeeta Sharma ; <br/><br/><br/>PART III. IMPACTS AND NEGOTIATIONS: THE EMPIRE'S ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTS ; <br/>Chapter 6. Taming Liquid Gold' and Dam Technology: A Study of the Godavari Anicut by B. Eswara Rao Chapter 7. Flood Control in North Bihar: An Environmental History from the 'Ground-Level' (1850-1954) by Praveen Singh ; <br/><br/>PART IV. CULTURES RESHAPE EMPIRE ; <br/>Chapter 8. The Environmental and Cultural Legacy of Colonial Hydraulic Projects in Two South Indian Deltas by Peter L. Schmitthenner ; <br/>Chapter 9. Collaboration and Conflict: Environmental Legacies and the Ho of Kolhan (1700 - 1918) by Asoka Kumar Sen ; <br/><br/>PART V.THE LONG ECOLOGICAL SHADOWS OF EMPIRE ;<br/>Chapter 10. Forests at the Edge of Empire: The Case of Nepal by D. G. Donovan ;<br/>Chapter 11. Forest Policy and Ecological Change in Hyderabad State (1867-1948) by S. Abdul Thaha ; <br/><br/>NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS<br/><br/> |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Damodaran, Vinita |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Rohan, D'Souza |
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| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 338.927 KUM/T | P12844 | 17/08/2020 | 17/08/2020 | General Books |