An Environmental History of India: From Earliest Times to the Twenty-First Centu

Description: An Environmental History of India by Michael H. Fisher India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh are among the nations most subject to climatic stresses. By surveying their environmental history, we can gain major insights into the causes and implications of the Indian subcontinents current conditions, especially the complex interactions among its people, other living creatures, and the physical world. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh contain one-fifth of humanity, are home to many biodiversity hotspots, and are among the nations most subject to climatic stresses. By surveying their environmental history, we can gain major insights into the causes and implications of the Indian subcontinents current conditions. This accessible new survey begins roughly 100 million years ago, when continental drift moved India from the South Pole and across the Indian Ocean, forming the Himalayan Mountains and creating monsoons. Coverage continues to the twenty-first century, taking readers beyond independence from colonial rule. The new nations of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh have produced rising populations and have stretched natural resources, even as they have become increasingly engaged with climate change. To understand the regions current and future pressing issues, Michael H. Fisher argues that we must engage with the long and complex history of interactions among its people, land, climate, flora, and fauna. Author Biography Michael H. Fisher is Danforth Professor of History, Emeritus, at Oberlin College, Ohio. He is the author of numerous books, including Migration: A World History (2013) and A Short History of the Mughal Empire (2015). Table of Contents 1. Introduction; 2. Locating and shaping Indias physical environment and living populations; 3. Indus and Vedic relationships with Indian environments (c.3500 BCE–c.600 BCE); 4. The environment and forest-dweller, late Vedic, Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, and Dravidian cultures, societies, and states (c.600 BCE–c.800 CE); 5. Insiders, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim immigrants, and the environment (c.700–c.1600); 6. Mughal empire (1526–1707); 7. Mughal imperial fragmentation, regional state rise, popular environmental movements, and early British colonial policies and institutions (c.1700–1857); 8. The British Raj, Mahatma Gandhi, and other anti-colonial movements (1857–1947); 9. West and East Pakistan and India following independence (1947–71); 10. India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh from Stockholm to Rio (1971–92); 11. India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh into the twenty-first century; 12. National, subcontinental, and global issues in South Asia; Bibliographic essay. Review This sweeping study covers South Asias environmental past from ancient times to the contemporary period; it will now become the standard text on the subject. Fishers special ability to place environmental issues in larger contexts makes this book valuable to general classes on South Asian history as well as to advanced courses and professional scholarship. Douglas E. Haynes, Dartmouth College, New HampshireThis environmental history of India, from ancient times to the present, synthesizes vast amounts of research in readily accessible prose to bring public history and sophisticated scholarship into a congenial dialogue. Novices and experts alike will learn a lot from the lightly-worn erudition of the author and enjoy the smooth-flowing river of stories the book provides. K. Sivaramakrishnan, Yale University, ConnecticutSo, three cheers for a new book by one of the worlds most distinguished environmental historians … deserves a place on the shelves of secondary schools, colleges and universities throughout the English speaking Commonwealth, of which India is such an important member … Cambridge University Press should be congratulated for including so many excellent maps, diagrams and illustrations which make even more compelling the text of this well-written, beautifully presented but at times most chilling of books. Trevor Grundy, Asian Affairs Promotional This longue durée survey of the Indian subcontinents environmental history reveals the complex interactions among its people and the natural world. Review Quote This sweeping study covers South Asias environmental past from ancient times to the contemporary period; it will now become the standard text on the subject. Fishers special ability to place environmental issues in larger contexts makes this book valuable to general classes on South Asian history as well as to advanced courses and professional scholarship. Douglas E. Haynes, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire Promotional "Headline" This longue dur Description for Bookstore India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh are among the nations most subject to climatic stresses. By surveying their environmental history, we can gain major insights into the causes and implications of the Indian subcontinents current conditions, especially the complex interactions among its people, other living creatures, and the physical world. Description for Library India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh are among the nations most subject to climatic stresses. By surveying their environmental history, we can gain major insights into the causes and implications of the Indian subcontinents current conditions, especially the complex interactions among its people, other living creatures, and the physical world. Details ISBN1107529107 Author Michael H. Fisher Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 2018 ISBN-10 1107529107 ISBN-13 9781107529106 Format Paperback Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle From Earliest Times to the Twenty-First Century Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 304.20954 Affiliation Oberlin College, Ohio Illustrations 20 Maps; 7 Halftones, black and white; 7 Line drawings, black and white Pages 312 Publication Date 2018-10-18 Short Title An Environmental History of India Language English UK Release Date 2018-10-18 AU Release Date 2018-10-18 NZ Release Date 2018-10-18 Series New Approaches to Asian History Alternative 9781107111622 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:119966740;

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