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100			_a Rangarajan, Mahesh, (Editor).
245			_a Shifting ground _b: people, animals, and mobility in India's environmental history. _c/ Mahesh Rangarajan.
260			_aNew Delhi _b : Oxford University Press, _c , 2014.
300			_aviii, 310p. _c: 24cm.
365			_b665
520			_aEnvironmental history of India has developed as an important field of inquiry in the last twenty-five years. While providing major insights, the existing scholarship has primarily focused on drawing sharp lines of distinction - those between geographical spaces (forest, rivers, farms), people (herders, farmers, townspeople), eras (colonial, post-colonial) and so on. The limitations of these sharp divides are brought to the forefront when there is a critical engagement with the region's contested environmental past. Shifting Ground brings together an array of essays that pose critical questions regarding India's environmental past and the way it has been approached by scholars. From debunking the idea of a primeval, pristine forest cover, to analysing the dynamics that shape human-animal relations, to examining the conflicts created by post-Independence projects of rural development and conservation - this volume touches upon the various aspects of environmental studies and juxtaposes them with social history, history of science and technology and history of trade and culture. Drawing on original case studies the book not only explores the past, but also portrays how its traditions are often invoked to be deployed in contemporary conflicts - those that are often aggravated by the pressures on natural assets created by the recent prosperity and the vaulting aspirations of a rapidly expanding Indian middle class. Key Features:Emerging research areas in India's environmental history Covers pre-history to post-independence period Wide array of themes covered Renowned editors and contributors
650			_aHuman ecology
650			_aNature
650			_aPeople, animals, and mobility
700			_aMahesh Rangarajan.
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