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Author:   Ranjan Chakrabarti
Publisher:   SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
Imprint:   SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
Weight:   0.930kg
ISBN:  

9789353883140

ISBN 10:   9353883148
Pages:   492
Publication Date:   08 July 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Foreword - Arvind P. Jamkhedkar Preface Acknowledgements SECTION I: Environmental History of India: Methodology and Scope Environmental History of India: An Introduction - Ranjan Chakrabarti Sources, Environment and Historians - Mayank Kumar SECTION II: Rivers and Water Environmental History of Water in Indian Cities - Gopa Samanta History of Waterbodies in India - M. Amirthalingam SECTION III: Forest, Land Use, Wildlife and Animals Ancient Forests and Sacred Groves - Nanditha Krishna Plant Domestication and Evolution of Agriculture in India - Anantanarayan Raman Environmental Change and Forest Conservancy in Southwest Bengal (1890–1964) - Nirmal Mahato Hunting, Wildlife and Preservation in Colonial India (1850–1947) - Kakoli Sinha Roy SECTION IV: Climate and Disaster Climate, Environment and the Harappan Civilization - Michel Danino History of Earthquakes in India - M. Amirthalingam Cyclones of Coastal Eastern India - Mili Ghose Climatic Change and Its Impact on North East India - Sajal Nag Index

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Ranjan Chakrabarti is the Vice Chancellor of Vidyasagar University, West Bengal. Professor Chakrabarti has taught history at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and Visva-Bharati university, Santiniketan, West Bengal. A former Fulbright visiting professor at Brown University, recipient of the prestigious Charles Wallace Fellowship at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and Alexander O. Vietor Memorial Fellowship at Brown University, Professor Chakrabarti is an acclaimed historian with a keen interest in environmental history and related areas, including the history of science and technology. Professor Chakrabarti’s major publications include A History of the Modern World: An Outline (2012), Terror, Crime and Punishment (2010), Situating Environmental History (2007), Does Environmental History Matter? (2006), Random Notes on Modern Indian History (2006, 2008), Space and Power in History (2001), Political Economy and Protest (1997) and a coedited volume Natural Resources, Sustainability and Humanity (2012).  

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