02602cam a22004218i 4500 21439717 20260606115014.0 200220t20202020cau b 001 0 eng 2020008930 9789353883140 (Hardback) 9789353883157 (ePub) 9789353883164 (eBook) 21439717 DLC eng DLC rda pcc a-ii--- GF661 .C75 2020 333.70954 Critical themes in environmental history of India / edited by Ranjan Chakrabarti. Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2020. xii, 476 pages ; 22 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Section I. Environmental history of India: Methodology and scope -- Section 2. Rivers andwWater -- Section 3. Forest, land use, wildlife and animals -- Section 4. Climate and disaster. "A first of its kind in India, the book addresses the fundamental questions of environmental concern and enquires into the complex patterns of human-nature interaction within the discipline of environmental history in India. This book delves into history to examine a number of critical themes, such as waterbodies and water, forests, land use, wildlife and the issue of the history of climate in India. It focuses on the methodological and historiographical aspects of environmental history and raises new questions to open up new windows leading to fresh research questions. The book argues that environmental history would serve as an important gateway to the history of the human-nature relationship, for example, exploring the role of water history would help in understanding the present context of water crisis in Indian cities"-- Provided by publisher. Human ecology India History. Environmental policy India. Geographical perception India. Chakrabarti, Ranjan, editor. Sage Publications. Online version: Critical themes in environmental history of India Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2020. 9789353883157 (DLC) 2020008931 https://sk.sagepub.com/books/critical-themes-in-environmental-history-of-india Read SAGE E-Book 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc EBOOK 0 0 ddc 0 0 EBOOK MES MES OR 2026-06-06 0 333.70954 ONLINE 2026-06-06 12:04:50 https://sk.sagepub.com/books/critical-themes-in-environmental-history-of-india 2026-06-06 EBOOK 44727 44727