02654cam a2200421 i 4500 23002913 OSt 20231202131141.0 230307s2023 wau b 001 0 eng 2023002467 9780295751481 (hardback) 9780295751498 (paperback) 9780295751504 (ebook) DLC eng rda DLC DLC pcc az----- GF661 .G84 2023 304.209540903 GUH/E Guha, Sumit author. 9976 Ecologies of empire in South Asia, 1400-1900 / Sumit Guha. Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2023] xvi, 243 pages ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Culture, place, and nature Includes bibliographical references and index. Inequality, complexity, and ecology -- South Asia in the imperial gaze -- Imperial gaze, lordly grasp -- The village and its inhabitants -- Lands of resistance, terrains of refuge -- Colonialism, disarmament, and the closing of the forest frontier. "By focusing on the human gaze, or how people interpret their relationship with land, Sumit Guha traces the longue durée of the political ecology of empire in South Asia during the age of empires. This relationship is in most sharp relief when comparing the exploitative and extractive practices of the Mughal Empire and the industrial British Raj as these imperial regimes encountered a large and old agrarian society. While scholars of South Asia regularly dwell on the destructive nature of British policies in South Asia, Guha integrates the cultural turn in environmental studies with the complex imperial rivalries that defined South Asia from the fifteenth through the mid-twentieth century to demonstrate how land use is defined through matrices of competing geographic expertise, too often in service of distant courts and environmental degradation"-- Provided by publisher. Human ecology South Asia. Landscapes Social aspects South Asia. Land use Social aspects South Asia. Human beings Effect of environment on South Asia. South Asia Social life and customs. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 304.209540903 GUH/E 304.209540903 GUH/E 0 0 ddc 0 0 SOCIAL SCIENCE MES MES HIS 2023-12-02 0 304.209540903 GUH/E 44074 2023-12-02 13:12:20 695.00 2023-12-02 BK GL42R1 43891 43891