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Critical themes in environmental history of India /
"A first of its kind in India, the book addresses the fundamental questions of environmental concern and enquires into the complex patterns of human-nature interaction within the discipline of environmental history in India. This book delves into history to examine a number of critical themes,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California :
SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd,
2020.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "A first of its kind in India, the book addresses the fundamental questions of environmental concern and enquires into the complex patterns of human-nature interaction within the discipline of environmental history in India. This book delves into history to examine a number of critical themes, such as waterbodies and water, forests, land use, wildlife and the issue of the history of climate in India. It focuses on the methodological and historiographical aspects of environmental history and raises new questions to open up new windows leading to fresh research questions. The book argues that environmental history would serve as an important gateway to the history of the human-nature relationship, for example, exploring the role of water history would help in understanding the present context of water crisis in Indian cities"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 476 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789353883164 9353883164 9789353883157 9353883156 9353885639 9789353885632 |