This Fissured Land, Second Edition: An Ecological History of India (Oxford India Perennials Series) - Softcover

Gadgil, Madhav; Guha, Ramachandra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198077440 ISBN 13: 9780198077442

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2013

Synopsis

This Fissured Land, first published in 1992, presents an interpretative history ecological history of the Indian subcontinent. It offers a theory of ecological prudence and profligacy, testing this theory across the wide sweep of South Asian history. The book especially focuses on the use and abuse of forest resources. In Part One, the authors present a general theory of ecological history. Part Two provides a fresh interpretative history of pre-modern India along with an ecological interpretation of the caste system. In Part Three, the authors draw upon a huge wealth of source material in their socio-ecological analysis of the modes of resource use introduced in India by the British.

The Second Edition comes with a new Preface by the authors.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"A masterful study. . . . It does for ecological history what the writings of Marx and Engels did for the study of class relations and social production." (Michael Adas, Rutgers University)

About the Author:

Madhav Gadgil is former Professor of Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Ramachandra Guha is one of India's best-known historians, and a full-time author and columnist.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0198077440
• ISBN 13: 9780198077442
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 312