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This Fissured Land, Second Edition: An Ecological History of India - Oxford India Perennials Series 2 Revised edition
Gadgil, Madhav (, Former Professor of Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
This Fissured Land, Second Edition: An Ecological History of India - Oxford India Perennials Series 2 Revised edition
Gadgil, Madhav (, Former Professor of Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
This book presents an interpretative ecological history of the Indian subcontinent. Using a general theory of ecological history, the authors provide a fresh interpretation of India's history, including an ecological account of the caste system and a sociological analysis of resource use. The Second Edition comes with a new Preface by the authors.
312 pages