essays on the environmental history of South Asia Arnold, David 1946- Guha, Ramachandra. text bibliography ii Delhi Oxford University Press 1995 monographic eng

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xi, 376 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. Introduction: Themes and Issues in the Environmental History of South Asia / David Arnold and Ramachandra Guha -- I. Forests, Pastoralists and Agrarian Society in Mughal India / Chetan Singh -- II. Pastoralists in a Colonial World / Neeladri Bhattacharya -- III. Whose Trees? Forest Practices and Local Communities in Andhra, 1600-1922 / Atluri Murali -- IV. British Attitudes Towards Shifting Cultivation in Colonial South India: A Case Study of South Canara District 1800-1920 / Jacques Pouchepadass -- V. Maps as Markers of Ecological Change: A Case Study of the Nilgiri Hills of Southern India / R. Prabhakar and Madhav Gadgil -- VI. Small-Dam Systems of the Sahyadris /David Hardiman -- VII. Models of the Hydraulic Environment: Colonial Irrigation, State Power and Community in the Indus Basin / David Gilmartin --VIII. The Environmental Costs of Irrigation in British India: Waterlogging, Salinity and Malaria / Elizabeth Whitcombe. IX. Inland Waters and Freshwater Fisheries: Some Issues of Control, Access and Conservation in Colonial India / Peter Reeves -- X. The Conquest of Smoke: Legislation and Pollution in Colonial Calcutta / M.R. Anderson -- XI. The Resurgence of Community Forest Management in the Jungle Mahals of West Bengal / Mark Poffenberger. edited by David Arnold and Ramachandra Guha. Includes bibliographical references and index. az----- South Asia Environmental conditions GE160.S64 N38 1995 363.7/00954 NAT 0195640756 0195634284 95903634 ANL 950328 20160425173141.0 2413927 eng