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1. Introduction; 2. Locating and shaping India's physical environment and living populations; 3. Indus and Vedic relationships with Indian environments (c.3500 BCE–c.600 BCE); 4. The environment and forest-dweller, late Vedic, Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, and Dravidian cultures, societies, and states (c.600 BCE–c.800 CE); 5. Insiders, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim immigrants, and the environment (c.700–c.1600); 6. Mughal empire (1526–1707); 7. Mughal imperial fragmentation, regional state rise, popular environmental movements, and early British colonial policies and institutions (c.1700–1857); 8. The British Raj, 'Mahatma' Gandhi, and other anti-colonial movements (1857–1947); 9. West and East Pakistan and India following independence (1947–71); 10. India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh from Stockholm to Rio (1971–92); 11. India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh into the twenty-first century; 12. National, subcontinental, and global issues in South Asia; Bibliographic essay.
This longue durée survey of the Indian subcontinent's environmental history reveals the complex interactions among its people and the natural world.
Michael H. Fisher is Danforth Professor of History, Emeritus, at Oberlin College, Ohio. He is the author of numerous books, including Migration: A World History (2013) and A Short History of the Mughal Empire (2015).
'This sweeping study covers South Asia's environmental past from
ancient times to the contemporary period; it will now become the
standard text on the subject. Fisher's special ability to place
environmental issues in larger contexts makes this book valuable to
general classes on South Asian history as well as to advanced
courses and professional scholarship.' Douglas E. Haynes, Dartmouth
College, New Hampshire
'This environmental history of India, from ancient times to the
present, synthesizes vast amounts of research in readily accessible
prose to bring public history and sophisticated scholarship into a
congenial dialogue. Novices and experts alike will learn a lot from
the lightly-worn erudition of the author and enjoy the
smooth-flowing river of stories the book provides.' K.
Sivaramakrishnan, Yale University, Connecticut
'So, three cheers for a new book by one of the world's most
distinguished environmental historians … deserves a place on the
shelves of secondary schools, colleges and universities throughout
the English speaking Commonwealth, of which India is such an
important member … Cambridge University Press should be
congratulated for including so many excellent maps, diagrams and
illustrations which make even more compelling the text of this
well-written, beautifully presented but at times most chilling of
books.' Trevor Grundy, Asian Affairs
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