Concern for the environment is not new; it has always existed. One
of the flash points in the inner conflicts within human societies
of the past was fuelled by the continuous effort to resolve the
legitimate use of the natural world. Nature is one of those spaces
where we observe the most intense form of class struggle and power
politics -- the more privileged control the natural resources. The
rapid unfolding of power relations, the rise of new technology to
exploit the environment, the growing resource crunch, and a
perceived 'environmental crisis' have resulted in the development
of a new field of study -- environmental history, an important
gateway to knowledge in general and Environmental Studies in
particular. Situating Environmental History, brings together
several eminent scholars who share a common interest in the
environmental history of South Asia. The work is divided in four
sections. In Section I, Understanding Environmental History, Karl
Jacoby, Alok Kumar Ghosh, Arun Bandopadhyay and Archana Prasad
contribute to our understanding of environmentalism, its
historiography and the role of state legislation and the popular
response thereto. In Section II, Communities on the Margin, Vinita
Damodaran and Ritajyoti Bandyopadhyay focus on different
communities in the periphery lying outside the supposed
'mainstream' and their fight for their own perceptions of 'justice'
and 'legitimate claims'. In Section III, Colonialism,
Post-Colonialism, the State and the Management of Nature, Kaushik
Roy, Arabinda Samanta, Amal Das, Sahara Ahmed, Jagdish N Sinha and
Sumit Guha look at the evolution of state policy on environmental
questions through different periods of Indian history. In Section
IV, Beyond India, Rita Pemberton, Lawrence Gundersen and Tridib
Chakrabarti study environmental issues in the countries beyond
India.
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