Forest History of India

Name: Forest History of India
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ISBN: 9788132106937

ISBN-10: 8132106938

ISBN-13: 9788132106937

Edition: 2012

Authors: Richard P. Tucker

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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 and local levels, primarily in the Himalayan districts. The book highlights the two main strains of conflict that characterize the evolution of professional forestry in India. First, the tension between the subsistence needs of the local population and the commercial needs of the colonial state, and second, the clash between the forest department, which sought to preserve and manage forests, and…

Book details

List price: $43.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: SAGE Publications India Pvt, Ltd.
Publication date: 11/8/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 267
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.46" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



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



Non-timber Forest Products Policy in the Western Himalayas under British Rule


Index


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