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Nature and the Orient (Oxford India Paperbacks) - Softcover

 
9780195653755: Nature and the Orient (Oxford India Paperbacks)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0195653750 ISBN 13: 9780195653755
Publisher: OUP India, 2000

Synopsis

Discussing diverse aspects of the environmental history of South and Southeast Asia, from a variety of perspectives, it brings together leading experts from the fields of history, history of science, archaeology, geography and environmental studies, and covers a time span from 50,000 BC to the present. Spanning a geographical region from Peshawar on the North-West Frontier to the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia, this book tells the story of the highly complex relationship between people and their environment. Among a multitude of subjects it reports on the latest findings in settlement archaeology, the history of deforestation, climate change, the history of fishing, hunting and shikar, colonial science and forest management, indigenous plant knowledge, the history of famine, the impact of coalmining and the tragic story of India's tragic story of India's tribal communities.

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About the Author

Richard H. Grove is at Australian National University, Canberra. Vinita Damodaran is at University of Sussex.

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Publisher
OUP India
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0195653750
ISBN 13 
9780195653755
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
1056
Editor
Richard H. Grove, Vinita Damodaran, Satpal Sangwan