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9780195653755: Nature and the Orient: the Environmental History of South and Southeast Asia
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0195653750 ISBN 13 : 9780195653755
Editeur : 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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Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Revue de presse

Many fine scholars have contributed to this book, and the overall quality of the chapters is very high ... this is a valuable compilation of meticulously researched material ... Anyone interested in either the region's past or present will find this collection informative and worth reading (Asian Affairs)

This is a valuable collection of essays, particularly useful for the teaching at university level of a new imperial history which refuses to be blind to the often dire environmental consequences of european colonialism (David Hardiman, Times Higher Education Supplement)

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Éditeur
OUP India
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195653750
ISBN 13 
9780195653755
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
1056
Éditeur
Grove Richard H., Damodaran Vinita, Sangwan Satpal
Coordonnées du fabricant
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