A forest history of India
By: Richard P. Tucker
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New Delhi; Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9788132106937
Subjects: Forest policy; History; Forests and forestry
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Forest management and imperial politics: Thana District, Bombay, 1823-1887; title: The forests of the Western Himalayas: the legacy of British colonial administration; title: The British colonial system and the forests of the Western Himalayas, 1815-1914; title: The historical context of social forestry in the Kumaon Himalayas; title: The evolution of transhumant grazing in the Punjab Himalaya; title: The British empire and India's forest resources: the timberlands of Assam and Kumaon, 1914-1950; title: The depletion of India's forests under British imperialism: planters, foresters, and peasants in Assam and Kerala; title: The commercial timber economy under two colonial regimes in Asia; title: Resident peoples and wildlife reserves in India: the prehistory of a strategy; title: Nontimber forest products policy in the Western Himalayas under British rule.