The Social Construction of Indian Forests /
The meanings of Indian forests have been contested for many years. Even before the British colonial period, forests were seen as the haunts of outlaws, the source of beautiful images, the abode of holy men, as reserves for hunting as well as potential resources for exploitation. The Social Construct...
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Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill | Manohar Publishers & Distributors,
2024.
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Call Number: SD387.S87
Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material /
- Roger Jeffery
- Introduction /
- Roger Jeffery
- Mountain Forests in Tamil Culture /
- Alexander M. Dubiansky
- Forest and Forest Dwellers in Modern Bengali Fiction /
- France Bhattacharya
- Sacred Groves in Coorg, Karnataka /
- M.A. Kalam
- Folk-Models of the Forest Environment in Highland Malabar /
- Rich Freeman
- Forests in Garhwal and the Construction of Space /
- Antje Linkenbach
- People's Rights in a Bird Sanctuary: The Case of Bharatpur /
- Stig Toft Madsen
- NGOs and Forest Management in Karnataka /
- David Potter
- Autonomous and Joint Forest Management in India's Jharkhand: Lessons for the Future? /
- Sarah Jewitt
- Bibliography /
- Roger Jeffery
- Notes on Contributors /
- Roger Jeffery.