Forest History of India / by Richard P. Tucker

By:

Tucker, Richard P

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Sage, 2012. New Delhi:Description: xviii,: 249pISBN:

9788132106937

Subject(s):

Forest policy-India-History 2. Forests and forestry-Indi

DDC classification:

333.750954 TUC-F

Contents:

1.Forest management and imperial politics: Thana District, Bombay, 1823-1887 -- 2.The forests of the Western Himalayas: the legacy of British colonial administration -- 3.The British colonial system and the forests of the Western Himalayas, 1815-1914 -- 4.The historical context of social forestry in the Kumaon Himalayas -- 5.The evolution of transhumant grazing in the Punjab Himalaya -- 6.The British empire and India's forest resources: the timberlands of Assam and Kumaon, 1914-1950 -- 7.The depletion of India's forests under British imperialism: planters, foresters, and peasants in Assam and Kerala -- 8.The commercial timber economy under two colonial regimes in Asia -- 9.Resident peoples and wildlife reserves in India: the prehistory of a strategy -- 10.Nontimber forest products policy in the Western Himalayas under British rule.

Summary: A collection of articles by noted environmental historian Richard P Tucker is an attempt to trace Indian forest history from colonial era to its post-Independence legacy. It offers a study of the evolution of forest policy at national level, in counterpoint with management at the provincial and local levels, primarily in the Himalayan districts.

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1.Forest management and imperial politics: Thana District, Bombay, 1823-1887 --
2.The forests of the Western Himalayas: the legacy of British colonial administration --
3.The British colonial system and the forests of the Western Himalayas, 1815-1914 --
4.The historical context of social forestry in the Kumaon Himalayas --
5.The evolution of transhumant grazing in the Punjab Himalaya --
6.The British empire and India's forest resources: the timberlands of Assam and Kumaon, 1914-1950 --
7.The depletion of India's forests under British imperialism: planters, foresters, and peasants in Assam and Kerala --
8.The commercial timber economy under two colonial regimes in Asia --
9.Resident peoples and wildlife reserves in India: the prehistory of a strategy --
10.Nontimber forest products policy in the Western Himalayas under British rule.

A collection of articles by noted environmental historian Richard P Tucker is an attempt to trace Indian forest history from colonial era to its post-Independence legacy. It offers a study of the evolution of forest policy at national level, in counterpoint with management at the provincial and local levels, primarily in the Himalayan districts.

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