This Fissured Land, Second Edition: An Ecological History of India

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Madhav Gadgil (, Former Professor of Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore) Ramachandra Guha (, One of India's best-known historians, and a full-time author and columnist.)

This Fissured Land, Second Edition

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An Ecological History of India

Madhav Gadgil (, Former Professor of Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore), Ramachandra Guha (, One of India's best-known historians, and a full-time author and columnist.)

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English

OUP India
19 November 2012

Marine biology; Plant ecology; Animal ecology; Applied ecology

Series: Oxford India Perennials Series

This Fissured Land, first published in 1992, presents an interpretative history ecological history of the Indian subcontinent. It offers a theory of ecological prudence and profligacy, testing this theory across the wide sweep of South Asian history. The book especially focuses on the use and abuse of forest resources. In Part One, the authors present a general theory of ecological history. Part Two provides a fresh interpretative history of pre-modern India along with an ecological interpretation of the caste system. In Part Three, the authors draw upon a huge wealth of source material in their socio-ecological analysis of the modes of resource use introduced in India by the British. The Second Edition comes with a new Preface by the authors.

By: Madhav Gadgil ( Former Professor of Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science Bangalore), Ramachandra Guha (, One of India's best-known historians, and a full-time author and columnist.)
Imprint: OUP India
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 217mm, Width: 141mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 264g
ISBN: 9780198077442
ISBN 10: 0198077440
Series: Oxford India Perennials Series
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 19 November 2012
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Madhav Gadgil is former Professor of Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Ramachandra Guha is one of India's best-known historians, and a full-time author and columnist.