ISBN:
1851099255
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9781851099252
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxii, 329 p)
,
ill., maps
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27 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
ABC-CLIO's nature and human societies series
Parallel Title:
Print version South Asia: An Environmental History
DDC:
304.20954
Keywords:
Human ecology History
Abstract:
This work is a chronological study of South Asia that emphasizes the effect of humans on their environment, and in return the influence of nature on the evolution of human society
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 THE ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING; 2 THE INDUS CIVILIZATION AND THE ARYAN IMPACT; 3 THE MAURYAN EMPIRE AND THE CLASSICAL AGE; 4 IMPERIAL INTERLUDE; 5 THE RISE AND FALL OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE; 6 COMPANY RULE; 7 IMPERIUM, 1858-1947; 8 SRI LANKA AND NEPAL IN THE MODERN ERA; 9 INDEPENDENCE AND PARTITION; 10 SOUTH ASIA SINCE 1947; 11 CONCLUSION; 12 CASE STUDIES; Important People, Events, and Concepts; Chronology; Bibliographic Essay; Bibliography; Glossary; Index; About the Author
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-306) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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