Colonialism, Development, And The Environment: Railways And Deforestation In British India, 18601884
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN13:
9781137494566
$108.02
This study explores the confluence of economy and ecology in British India, showing that Britain initiated economic development strategies in India in order to efficiently extract resources from it. It looks specifically at how state railway construction and forest conservation efforts took on a cyclical, almost symbiotic relationship.
- | Author: Pallavi V. Das
- | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- | Publication Date: Oct 06, 2015
- | Number of Pages: 208 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1137494565
- | ISBN-13: 9781137494566
- Author:
- Pallavi V. Das
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- Oct 06, 2015
- Number of pages:
- 208 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 1137494565
- ISBN-13:
- 9781137494566