Colonialism, Development, and the Environment : Railways and Deforestation in British India, 1860–1884

Name: Colonialism, Development, and the Environment
Brand: Palgrave Macmillan
SKU: 9781137494566
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ISBN: 9781137494566

1st ed. 2015

by Pallavi V. Das

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 1137494565

ISBN-13 9781137494566

Edition 1st ed. 2015

Publisher Palgrave Macmillan

Imprint Palgrave Macmillan

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Oct 6th, 2015

Print length 189 Pages

Weight 394 grams

Dimensions 14.80 x 22.40 x 1.80 cms

Product Classification: Western Europe South Asia (Indian sub-continent)Asian history Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 Colonialism & imperialism History Asian history Colonialism and imperialism The environment

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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.

While colonial encounters have been seen by scholars more or less in economic and political terms, what is largely missing is the metropole''s economic development strategies that had definite ecological consequences for the colony. Focusing on the colonial encounter between Britain and India, Das looks at the economic development, including scientific and technological changes, and the environmental impact of the colonial encounter on India. Examining the railways and deforestation, Das shows how deforestation jeopardized railway expansion, which led to state implementation of forest conservation in order to maintain timber supplies. Das'' book demonstrates how the history of colonialism has both economic (and political) as well as ecological dimensions.

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