1st Edition

Colonialism and Wildlife An Environmental History of Modern India

By Velayutham Saravanan Copyright 2024
220 Pages
by Routledge India

220 Pages
by Routledge India

220 Pages
by Routledge India

This book delves into the history of the commercialization of wildlife in India. It examines the colonial strategies that were employed in the commodification of wildlife resources specifically for lucrative domestic and international trade during the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. It looks at how and why the colonial administration paid special emphasis on hunting and game sports... Read more

1. Introduction 2. Shrinking Space for Wildlife 3. Conflict between Human, Cattle and Wildlife 4. Law for Wildlife Protection or for Game  5. Colonialism and Commercialisation of Wildlife 6. Colonial Strategies on Game and Commodifying Wildlife  7. onclusion

 


Biography

Velayutham Saravanan is Professor, Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi, India. Earlier, he had a short stint at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, as Director of School of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies (SOITS). He was also associated with the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad and Giri Institute of Development Studies (GIDS), Lucknow. He is the author of Colonialism, Environment and Tribals in South India, 1792-1947 (2017); Environmental History and Tribals in Modern India (2018), Water and Environmental History of Modern India (2020), Environmental History of Modern India: Land, Population, Technology and Development (2022), Political Economy of Development and Environment in Modern India (2023) and Political Economy of Modern South India (Forthcoming). He was also the Editor of History and Sociology of South Asia, and had published several articles and presented papers at both national and international academic fora.