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Colonialism, Development, and the Environment

Railways and Deforestation in British India, 1860-1884
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189 Seiten
Englisch
Springer Palgrave Macmillanerschienen am06.10.20151st ed. 2015
This study explores the confluence of economy and ecology in British India, showing that Britain initiated economic development strategies in India in order to efficiently extract resources from it. It looks specifically at how state railway construction and forest conservation efforts took on a cyclical, almost symbiotic relationship.mehr
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KlappentextThis study explores the confluence of economy and ecology in British India, showing that Britain initiated economic development strategies in India in order to efficiently extract resources from it. It looks specifically at how state railway construction and forest conservation efforts took on a cyclical, almost symbiotic relationship.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-137-49456-6
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2015
Erscheinungsdatum06.10.2015
Auflage1st ed. 2015
Seiten189 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht395 g
IllustrationenXIX, 189 p. 2 illus.
Artikel-Nr.34669019
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GenreGeschichte/Politik

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Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of TablesAcknowledgements MapsIntroduction1. Railways and Development in Colonial India2. Railways ' ' Sleeper Demand and Deforestation 3. The Forests and Railway Fuel Supply4. Hugh Cleghorn and Forest Conservation in India ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndexmehr

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Pallavi V. Das is an Associate Professor of History at Lakehead University, Canada. Her research interests include global environmental history, environment and development in colonial and post-colonial India, and people's history of climate change. She has published articles in Environment and History and Modern Asian Studies and other journals.
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