Environmental History and Tribals in Modern India

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Saravanan, Velayutham (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Asia-History.; Imperialism.; Economic development.; Environment Studies.; Asian History.; Imperialism and Colonialism.; Development and Post-Colonialism.

This monograph presents a comprehensive account of environmental history of India and its tribals from the late eighteenth onwards, covering both the colonial and post-colonial periods. The book elaborately discusses the colonial plunder of forest resources up to the introduction of the Forest Act (...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Exploitation of forests, 1793-1882
• Conservation or commercialisation, 1882-1947
• Forests and tribals, 1950-2000
• Environment and subaltern struggle, 1990-2000
• Impact of forest rights act, 2006
• Conclusion.