Environmental History and Tribals in Modern India / by Velayutham Saravanan.
2018
HM856-861
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Title
Environmental History and Tribals in Modern India / by Velayutham Saravanan.
ISBN
9789811080524
9811080526
9789811080524
9811080518
9789811080517
9811080526
9789811080524
9811080518
9789811080517
Published
Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (XIII, 215 pages) : online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-10-8052-4. doi
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HM856-861
Dewey Decimal Classification
333.707
Summary
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 resources up to the introduction of the Forest Act (1878) and focuses on how colonial policy impacted on the Indian environment, opening the floodgates of forest resources plunder, primarily for timber and to establish coffee and tea plantations. The book argues that even after the advent of conservation initiatives, commercial exploitation of forests continued unabated while stringent restrictions were imposed on the tribals, curtailing their access to the jungles. It details how post-colonial governments and populist votebank politics followed the same commercial forest policy till the 1980s without any major reform, exploiting forest resources and also encroaching upon forest lands, pushing the self-sustainable tribal economy to crumble. The book offers a comprehensive account of Indiaâ#x80;#x99;s environmental history during both colonial and post-colonial times, contributing to the current environmental policy debates in Asia.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Exploitation of forests, 1793â#x80;#x93;1882
Conservation or commercialisation, 1882â#x80;#x93;1947
Forests and tribals, 1950â#x80;#x93;2000
Environment and subaltern struggle, 1990-2000
Impact of forest rights act, 2006
Conclusion.
Exploitation of forests, 1793â#x80;#x93;1882
Conservation or commercialisation, 1882â#x80;#x93;1947
Forests and tribals, 1950â#x80;#x93;2000
Environment and subaltern struggle, 1990-2000
Impact of forest rights act, 2006
Conclusion.