The British Empire and The Natural World: Environmental Encounters in South Asia
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
198069707, 9780198069706
Length
xiv+280p., Illustrations; Maps; 23cm.
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This volume provides multi-layered analysis of the environmental impacts under the colonial rule. Presenting detailed case studies from across the Indian subcontinent, it discusses different aspects of Empire-environment encounters like imagination of environment; politics of natural resource management; irrigation and flood control projects; cultural negotiations; and forest and ecological changes. The essays explore the nature of global environmental ...
