This volume examines nationhood as a concept and how it became the basis of political discourse in South Asia. It studies the emergence of nationalism in modern states as a powerful, omnipotent, and omnipresent form of political identity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries…
"This volume examines nationhood as a concept and how it became the basis of political discourse in South Asia. It studies the emergence of nationalism in modern states as a powerful, omnipotent, and omnipresent form of political identity in the nineteenth and twentieth centurie…
"This volume examines nationhood as a concept and how it became the basis of political discourse in South Asia. It studies the emergence of nationalism in modern states as a powerful, omnipotent, and omnipresent form of political identity in the nineteenth and twentieth centurie…
"The study of environmental history is no more only of forests, rivers, but also of agriculture, climate, economic practices and human culture. In recent times environmental studies as a discipline has come to the forefront with growing concerns over the ozone layer depletion bu…
Cover -- Half Tittle -- Tittle Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. New Climate from Old Sources: The Logbooks of the English East India Company -- 2. Water Policies and Politics in South India -- 3. Environmental Cost of a H…
"The study of environmental history is no more only of forests, rivers, but also of agriculture, climate, economic practices and human culture. In recent times environmental studies as a discipline has come to the forefront with growing concerns over the ozone layer depletion bu…
Cover -- Half Tittle -- Dedication -- Tittle Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Content -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. India's North-East: An Enigmatic Absence in History and Cartography -- 2. Marsh, Rice and Faith: Aspects of Environmental and Religious Changes in the Early M…
Contributed articles presented at an International Seminar on Environmental History of North-East India in 2010 at New Delhi, India.