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041			_aEnglish
082			_223 _a304.20954 _bGADF
100			_aMadhav Gadgil and others _935933
245			_aFissured Land:an ecological History of India
260			_aDelhi _bOxford university press _c1996
300			_axiv,274 p. _bPB _c21x14 cm.
365			_c₹ _d₹145.00
520			_aThis book emphasizes the significance of various ways of resource use in India. This book is divided into three parts. The first part examines the several forms of restraint on resource use reported from human societies. In the second part, a new interpretation of how the cultural and ecological mosaic of Indian society came together is discussed. The last part presents a socio-ecological analysis of the new modes of resource use which were introduced by the British, and which have continued to operate, with modifications, after Independence in 1947. It also indicates that the British colonial rule established a crucial watershed in the ecological history of India. Generally, this book reports new data along with new interpretations of old data, and, most importantly, it shows a new and alternative framework for understanding Indian society and history.
650			_aEcology _935934
650			_aHistory _935935
700			_aGADGIL (Madhav) _935936
700			_aGUHA (Ramachandra) _935937
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