Environmental History and Tribals in Modern India
This monograph presents a comprehensive account of environmental history of India and its tribals from the late eighteenth onwards, covering both the colonial and post-colonial periods. The book elaborately discusses the colonial plunder of forest resourc
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Environmental History and Tribals in Modern India
Velayutham Saravanan
Environmental History and Tribals in Modern India
Velayutham Saravanan Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi, India
ISBN 978-981-10-8051-7 ISBN 978-981-10-8052-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8052-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018930663 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Inok Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore
Preface
This book attempts to analyse the environmental history of India from the period of colonial rule to the early twenty-first century from a historical perspective. Further, it tries to describe the intervention of various factors during the same period. The main objective of this book is to analyse the unexplored areas of environmental history in the late eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries of the colonial period and the second half of the twentieth century and first decade of the twenty-first, that is, during the post- independence period (1792–2007). The focus, however, is largely confined to the Madras Presidency for the colonial period and Tamil Nadu for the post-independence period. The existing literature on environmental history as a whole is confined to the colonial period, the major themes being either conservation or commercialisation. Both are by and large confined to a particular region or a particular time period. No studies so far have attempted to look at the entire colonial period and almost no studies have been attempted for the post-colonial period. In fact, most environmental history lite
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