Colonialism, environment and tribals in South India, 1792-1947 / Velayutham Saravanan.

By:

Saravanan, Velayutham [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017Description: xiii, 224 pages ; 22 cmISBN:

9781138220102

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

954.03 SAR

Summary: This book offers a bird's eye view of the economic and environmental history of the Indian peninsula during colonial era. It analyses the nature of colonial land revenue policy, commercialisation of forest resources, consequences of coffee plantations, intrusion into tribal private forests and tribal-controlled geographical regions, and disintegration of their socio-cultural, political, administrative and judicial systems during the British Raj. It explores the economic history of the region through regional and 'non-market' economies and addresses the issues concerning local communities. Comprehensive, systematic and rich in archival material, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers in history, especially those concerned with economic and environmental history.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	SIAS Collection	954.03 SAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		K1127

TBH/SINV00482/69
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-220) and index.

This book offers a bird's eye view of the economic and environmental history of the Indian peninsula during colonial era. It analyses the nature of colonial land revenue policy, commercialisation of forest resources, consequences of coffee plantations, intrusion into tribal private forests and tribal-controlled geographical regions, and disintegration of their socio-cultural, political, administrative and judicial systems during the British Raj. It explores the economic history of the region through regional and 'non-market' economies and addresses the issues concerning local communities. Comprehensive, systematic and rich in archival material, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers in history, especially those concerned with economic and environmental history.

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