Main entry:

Tucker, Richard P., 1938-

Title & Author:

A forest history of India / Richard P. Tucker.

Publication:

New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2012.

Description:

xviii, 249 pages : 1 map ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Forest management and imperial politics: Thana District, Bombay, 1823-1887 -- The forests of the Western Himalayas: the legacy of British colonial administration -- The British colonial system and the forests of the Western Himalayas, 1815-1914 -- The historical context of social forestry in the Kumaon Himalayas -- The evolution of transhumant grazing in the Punjab Himalaya -- The British empire and India's forest resources: the timberlands of Assam and Kumaon, 1914-1950 -- The depletion of India's forests under British imperialism: planters, foresters, and peasants in Assam and Kerala -- The commercial timber economy under two colonial regimes in Asia -- Resident peoples and wildlife reserves in India: the prehistory of a strategy -- Nontimber forest products policy in the Western Himalayas under British rule.
Dust jacket.

ISBN:

9788132106937 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
8132106938 (hbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Forest policy India History.
Forests and forestry India History.
Forests and forestry Economic aspects India History.
Forests and forestry Social aspects India History.
Politique forestière Inde Histoire.
Forêts Aspect économique Inde Histoire.
Forêts Aspect social Inde Histoire.
Forest policy.
Forests and forestry.
Forests and forestry Economic aspects.
Forests and forestry Social aspects.
Skogsbruk historia Indien.
India.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 277472
Call No.: BIB 212295
Status: Available