ISBN:
9781107111622
,
9781107529106
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 301 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
New approaches to Asian history 18
Series Statement:
New approaches to Asian history
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Fisher, Michael Herbert, 1950 - An environmental history of India
DDC:
304.20954
Keywords:
Human ecology History
;
Nature Effect of human beings on
;
History
;
Human ecology History
;
India
;
Nature Effect of human beings on
;
History
;
India
;
India Environmental conditions
;
India Environmental conditions
;
Indien
;
Humanökologie
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Locating and shaping India's physical environment and living populations -- Indus and Vedic relationships with Indian environments (c.3500 BCE-c.600BCE) -- The environment and forest-dweller, late Vedic, Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, and Dravidian cultures, societies, and states (c.600 BCE-c.800 CE) -- Insiders, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim immigrants, and the environment (c.700-c.1600) -- Mughal Empire (1526-1707) -- Mughal imperial fragmentation, regional state rise, popular environmental movements, and early British colonial policies and institutions (c.1700-1857) -- The British Raj, "Mahatma" Gandhi, and other anti-colonial movements (1857-1947) -- West and east Pakistan and India following Independence (1947-71) -- India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh from Stockholm to Rio (1971-92) -- India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh into the twenty-first century -- National, subcontinental, and global issues in South Asia
Abstract:
Locating and shaping India's physical environment and living populations -- Indus and Vedic relationships with Indian environments (c.3500 BCE-c.600BCE) -- The environment and forest-dweller, late Vedic, Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, and Dravidian cultures, societies, and states (c.600 BCE-c.800 CE) -- Insiders, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim immigrants, and the environment (c.700-c.1600) -- Mughal Empire (1526-1707) -- Mughal imperial fragmentation, regional state rise, popular environmental movements, and early British colonial policies and institutions (c.1700-1857) -- The British Raj, "Mahatma" Gandhi, and other anti-colonial movements (1857-1947) -- West and east Pakistan and India following Independence (1947-71) -- India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh from Stockholm to Rio (1971-92) -- India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh into the twenty-first century -- National, subcontinental, and global issues in South Asia
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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