Chakrabarti, Ranjan editor. Sage Publications text bibliography cau 2020 2020 monographic eng

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xii, 476 pages ; 22 cm "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"-- 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. edited by Ranjan Chakrabarti. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-ii--- Human ecology India History Environmental policy India Geographical perception India GF661 .C75 2020 333.70954 Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2020. (DLC) 2020008931 9789353883140 2020008930 https://sk.sagepub.com/books/critical-themes-in-environmental-history-of-india https://sk.sagepub.com/books/critical-themes-in-environmental-history-of-india DLC 200220 20260606115014.0 21439717 eng