Ecological Nationalisms: Nature, Livelihoods, and Identities in South Asia

Book Overview

The works presented in this collection take environmental scholarship in South Asia into novel territory by exploring how questions of national identity become entangled with environmental concerns in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and India. The essays provide insight into the motivations of colonial and national governments in controlling or managing nature, and bring into fresh perspective the different kinds of regional political conflicts that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295993847
• ISBN13: 9780295993843
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher