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050	0	0	_aGF661 _b.G84 2023
082	0	0	_a304.209540903 _bGUH/E
100	1		_aGuha, Sumit _eauthor. _99976
245	1	0	_aEcologies of empire in South Asia, 1400-1900 / _cSumit Guha.
264		1	_aSeattle : _bUniversity of Washington Press, _c[2023]
300			_axvi, 243 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aCulture, place, and nature
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aInequality, 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.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aHuman ecology _zSouth Asia.
650		0	_aLandscapes _xSocial aspects _zSouth Asia.
650		0	_aLand use _xSocial aspects _zSouth Asia.
650		0	_aHuman beings _xEffect of environment on _zSouth Asia.
651		0	_aSouth Asia _xSocial life and customs.
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