LEADER 03159nam 22005775 450 001 9910300588103321 005 20240509030006.0 010 $a9789811080524 010 $a9811080526 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-10-8052-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000002892655 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5347209 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-10-8052-4 035 $a(Perlego)3482418 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000002892655 100 $a20180307d2018 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEnvironmental History and Tribals in Modern India /$fby Velayutham Saravanan 205 $a1st ed. 2018. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 215 pages) 311 08$a9789811080517 311 08$a9811080518 327 $aIntroduction -- Exploitation of forests, 1793-1882 -- Conservation or commercialisation, 1882-1947 -- Forests and tribals, 1950-2000 -- Environment and subaltern struggle, 1990-2000 -- Impact of forest rights act, 2006 -- Conclusion. 330 $aThis monograph presents a comprehensive account of environmental history of India and its tribals from the late eighteenth onwards, covering both the colonial and post-colonial periods. The book elaborately discusses the colonial plunder of forest resources up to the introduction of the Forest Act (1878) and focuses on how colonial policy impacted on the Indian environment, opening the floodgates of forest resources plunder, primarily for timber and to establish coffee and tea plantations. The book argues that even after the advent of conservation initiatives, commercial exploitation of forests continued unabated while stringent restrictions were imposed on the tribals, curtailing their access to the jungles. It details how post-colonial governments and populist votebank politics followed the same commercial forest policy till the 1980s without any major reform, exploiting forest resources and also encroaching upon forest lands, pushing the self-sustainable tribal economy to crumble. The book offers a comprehensive account of India's environmental history during both colonial and post-colonial times, contributing to the current environmental policy debates in Asia. 606 $aEcology 606 $aAsia$xHistory 606 $aImperialism 606 $aEconomic development 606 $aEnvironmental Sciences 606 $aAsian History 606 $aImperialism and Colonialism 606 $aDevelopment Studies 615 0$aEcology. 615 0$aAsia$xHistory. 615 0$aImperialism. 615 0$aEconomic development. 615 14$aEnvironmental Sciences. 615 24$aAsian History. 615 24$aImperialism and Colonialism. 615 24$aDevelopment Studies. 676 $a304.20954 700 $aSaravanan$b Velayutham$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0855614 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910300588103321 996 $aEnvironmental History and Tribals in Modern India$91910263 997 $aUNINA