The use and abuse of nature/ Madhav Gadgil and Ramachandra Guha
Material type: TextSeries: Oxford India paperbacksPublication details: New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2008Description: xv, 274, 213 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 0195671988Subject(s): India | Ecology | Natural history | Natural resources | Social ecology | Environmental degradation | Forests and forestry | Human ecologyDDC classification: 304.280954Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 304.280954 GAD/T (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P04593 |
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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