| Modern Forests: Statemaking and Environmental Change in Colonial Eastern India Contributor(s): Sivaramakrishnan, K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804735638 ISBN-13: 9780804735636 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $142.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1999 Annotation: " Among the dozen or so full-length studies [about India' s forests] that have been published, this one stands out for the clarity of the argument and lucidity of style. . . . This is a book that sets standards that will be hard to equal, let alone surpass. It is a must for anyone interested in going beyond the superficial in knowing about the past and future of [India' s] forests." -- Down to Earth " . . . Modern Forests comes as a pleasant addition to a tradition of path-breaking works that combine disciplines and transcend artificial boundaries to look at the real world. Indeed, the book is astonishing as much for its academic analysis as for the breadth of the canvas. . . . [It] is a captivating story of the emergence of regimes of governance in Bengal over 200 years of colonial rule" -- Seminar: Protecting Nature |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Plants - Trees - History | Asia - India & South Asia - Political Science | Public Policy - Environmental Policy |
| Dewey: 634.909 |
| LCCN: 99072814 |
| Physical Information: 1.27" H x 5.89" W x 8.82" (1.23 lbs) 376 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian - Ethnic Orientation - Indian - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Modern Forests is an environmental, institutional, and cultural history of forestry in colonial eastern India. By carefully examining the influence of regional political formations and biogeographic processes on land and forest management, this book offers an analysis of the interrelated social and biophysical factors that influenced landscape change. |
