Publisher's Synopsis
This volume seeks to address different aspects of environmental history -- the inter-relationships between man and environment, from urban elite perception of nature as seen through the texts of Kalidasa to the modern perception as seen through the texts of Tarasankar, classical concept of 'agro-ecology', problems of environmental disaster and forced migration, special economic zones and its impact on nature and human beings. The volume debates on related issues and also enlightens the readers on how the highest peak of the world was renamed 'Mt. Everest' in colonial interest, British forest policy in India, binaries of the American meta-narratives on nature and civilization, global warming and how environment affects the status of tribal women in the Jangal Mahal region of West Bengal, as well as on other topics.
