An Environmental History of Postcolonial North India
The Himalayan Tarai in Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal
©2009
Monographs
X,
168 Pages
Series:
Postcolonial Studies, Volume 2
Summary
An Environmental History of Postcolonial North India is a study of an increasingly important part of the Indian landscape. It examines the social process of accelerated land use as it has been affected by political and epidemiological factors and pays particular attention to the shifting representations of the landscape. As a contribution to the literature of the environmental history of India, this book examines the questions of agricultural colonization, wildlife conservation, and disease control.
Details
- Pages
- X, 168
- Publication Year
- 2009
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9781453904336
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9781433105807
- DOI
- 10.3726/978-1-4539-0433-6
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2009 (June)
- Keywords
- Environmental History Tarai Tiger Conservation Green Revolution India Landnutzung Landwirtschaftsentwicklung Wildtiermanagement Geschichte 1947-1975 Environmental History, Tarai, Tiger Conservation,
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2009. X, 168 pp.
