{"product_id":"environment-and-ethnicity-in-india-1200-1991-hardback-9780521640787","title":"Environment and Ethnicity in India, 1200–1991 (Hardback) 9780521640787","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEnvironment and Ethnicity in India, 1200–1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn analysis of environment and ethnicity through the history of forest communities in western India, first published in 1999.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSumit Guha (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521640787, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 July 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e234 pages, 4 maps  4 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...this book is a major contribution to the historiography of South Asia.\"   The Historian\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDrawing on a rich collection of sources, Sumit Guha's 1999 book reconstructs the history of the forest communities in western India to explore questions of tribal identity and the environment. In so doing, he demonstrates how the ideology of indigenous cultures, developed out of the notion of a pure and untouched ethnicity, is in fact rooted in nineteenth-century racial and colonial anthropology. As a challenge to this view, the author traces the processes by which the apparently immutable identities of South Asian populations took shape, and how these populations interacted politically, economically and socially with civilizations outside their immediate vicinity. While such theories have been discussed by scholars of South-East Asia and Africa, this study examines the South Asian case. Sumit Guha's penetrating and controversial critique will make a significant contribution to that literature.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Rama, Sita and Lukshmana in the forest'\u003cbr\u003e List of maps\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. From the archaeology of mind to the archaeology of matter\u003cbr\u003e 2. Subsistence and predation at the margins of cultivation\u003cbr\u003e 3. State formation in the highland forests, 1350–1800\u003cbr\u003e 4. The peoples of the Sahyadri under Marathas and British\u003cbr\u003e 5. The central Indian forest from Mughal suzerainty to British control\u003cbr\u003e 6. The central Indian forest under early British rule\u003cbr\u003e 7. Identity and aspiration: not noble savage but savage noble\u003cbr\u003e 8. The high colonial period and after: new patterns of authority and power\u003cbr\u003e 9. From sanctuaries to safeguards: policies and politics in twentieth-century India\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Afterword\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46129354539288,"sku":"9780521640787","price":97.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521640787i.jpg?v=1691666717","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/environment-and-ethnicity-in-india-1200-1991-hardback-9780521640787","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}