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Social ecology /

Oxford in India Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology have been carefully planned to suit the needs of the general reader, students, teachers, as well as scholars from other disciplines. Problems have been posed in general theoretical terms, but Indian ethnography has been used as far as pos...

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Other Authors: Guha, Ramachandra (Editor)
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Series:Oxford in India readings in sociology and social anthropology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Ramachandra Guha
  • An Ecological Approach to Sociology / Radhakamal Mukerjee
  • The Ecological Significance of Caste / M. Gadgil and K. C. Malhotra
  • Ecology and Social Structure: A Comparative Analysis / Joan P. Mencher
  • The Sacred Uses of Nature / Madhav Gadgil and V. D. Vartak
  • 'Jungle' in Nature and Culture / Michael R. Dove
  • Water and Social Structure. I. The Basis of Community / Radhakamal Mukerjee. II. Technology, Management and Control / Nirmal Sengupta
  • Canal Irrigation and Ecological Change in Colonial North India / Elizabeth Whitcombe
  • Common Property Resources and the Rural Poor / N. S. Jodha
  • Energy and the Poor in an Indian Village / Varun Vidyarthi
  • Overfishing the Coastal Commons: Causes and Consequences / John Kurien and T. R. Thankappan Achari
  • Civilizing the Savage / Verrier Elwin
  • Colonialism and Conflict in the Himalayan Forest / Ramachandra Guha
  • Wildlife - Human Conflict in India: An Ecological and Social Perspective / R. Sukumar.
  • Technology, Development and the Environment: An Analytical Framework / A. K. N. Reddy
  • An Indian Environmentalist's Credo / Anil Agarwal.