A Historical Study of Environment:Colonial and Post-Colonial Situation in India (Chotanagpur)
Journal: Journal of Advanced Research in Humanities and Social Science (Vol.1, No. 1)Publication Date: 2014-03-01
Authors : Vikas Kumar;
Page : 1-13
Keywords : Environmental history; ecology; sacred groves; deforestation; desertification; industrialization; social Darwinism; sikargahs; reserve forest; encroacher; Indian periphery.;
Abstract
The study of environmental history shows the concern for ecology amongs the social scientists.Due to the profound technological and transformations that have occurred over the past millennium, it has come to effect- often fatally in recent centuries, every species of living creature on earth.Thus much of the research and writing of environmental historians has been focused on specific ecosystems or regional complexes of environmental patterns.The study of relationship between man and nature shows recent shifts in history writing.The study expose the colonial experience and their imperial attitudes towards the environment. In the post-colonial period issues related to environment and forest became more complicated and complex.
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