Critical themes in environmental history of India. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ranjan Chakrabarti.
• Editors: Chakrabarti, Ranjan
• Contents: Foreword - Arvind P. Jamkhedkar; Preface; Acknowledgements; SECTION I: Environmental History of India: Methodology and Scope; Environmental History of India: An Introduction - Ranjan Chakrabarti; Sources, Environment and Historians - Mayank Kumar; SECTION II: Rivers and Water; Environmental History of Water in Indian Cities - Gopa Samanta; History of Waterbodies in India - M. Amirthalingam; SECTION III: Forest, Land Use, Wildlife and Animals; Ancient Forests and Sacred Groves - Nanditha Krishna; Plant Domestication and Evolution of Agriculture in India - Anantanarayan Raman; Environmental Change and Forest Conservancy in Southwest Bengal (1890–1964) - Nirmal Mahato; Hunting, Wildlife and Preservation in Colonial India (1850–1947) - Kakoli Sinha Roy; SECTION IV: Climate and Disaster; Climate, Environment and the Harappan Civilization - Michel Danino; History of Earthquakes in India - M. Amirthalingam; Cyclones of Coastal Eastern India - Mili Ghose; Climatic Change and Its Impact on North East India - Sajal Nag; Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 333.70954; Human ecology -- India -- History; Environmental policy -- India; Geographical perception -- India
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789353883157
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