Colonialism, Development, and the Environment : Railways and Deforestation in British India, 1860–1884
1st ed. 2015
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Hardback or Cased Book
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
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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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