A forest history of India /

This collection of articles by noted environmental historian Richard P Tucker is an attempt to trace Indian forest history from the colonial era to its post-Independence legacy. It is a study of the evolution of forest policy at the national level, in counterpoint with management at the provincial a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tucker, Richard P., 1938-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE, ©2011.
Temas:
Forest policy > India > History.
Forests and forestry > India > History.
Forests and forestry > Economic aspects > India > History.
Forests and forestry > Social aspects > India > History.
Politique forestière > Inde > Histoire.
Forêts > Aspect économique > Inde > Histoire.
Forêts > Aspect social > Inde > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
Forest policy.
Forests and forestry.
Forests and forestry > Economic aspects.
Forests and forestry > Social aspects.
India.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Forest management and imperial politics: Thana District, Bombay, 1823-1887
  • The forests of the Western Himalayas: the legacy of British colonial administration
  • The British colonial system and the forests of the Western Himalayas, 1815-1914
  • The historical context of social forestry in the Kumaon Himalayas
  • The evolution of transhumant grazing in the Punjab Himalaya
  • The British empire and India's forest resources: the timberlands of Assam and Kumaon, 1914-1950
  • The depletion of India's forests under British imperialism: planters, foresters, and peasants in Assam and Kerala
  • The commercial timber economy under two colonial regimes in Asia
  • Resident peoples and wildlife reserves in India: the prehistory of a strategy
  • Nontimber forest products policy in the Western Himalayas under British rule.

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